When Bai Ming saw the reward screen, she hadn't quite expected it.
After all, her purpose for using [Valkyrie Armor: White Comet]. wasn't to earn crystals—she just wanted to test how this B-rank Valkyrie armor would perform in this world.
Now, she had her answer. The results were better than she imagined, and its effectiveness was very noticeable.
But… why were there crystals as a reward?Could there be some kind of hidden "try-on" quest?
"test the [Valkyrie Armor: White Comet], and get crystals like a custom?"
Well… that possibility isn't zero, but it's certainly surprising. And besides, the score was a little lower than before—only 13! Compared to a small kiss with March which was 20.
What did I do wrong?
Bai Ming was muttering to herself, but March 7's voice suddenly revealed the answer.
"Amazing!"
Bai Ming looked up and saw March 7 with her hands clasped together, full of awe.
"You can't judge a book by its cover—you're actually pretty good in battle…"
Those words suddenly made Bai Ming realize the true nature of the Date Exchange System rewards.
It's all about Heart-Throbbing Events!
Yes!
"Heart-throbbing" doesn't always mean kissing!
Performing a captivating battle style or cool intense moments in front of her could count too!
With her confusion cleared, Bai Ming's mood immediately brightened.
She hoisted her baseball bat, wiped her nose, and proudly said:
"Of course it all makes sense now! I'm a level 60 traveler and an 88-level captain!"
"Huh?"
March 7 blinked her blue-and-pink gradient eyes.
"Traveler…? And captain…? What's that?"
"I'll explain it to you later!"
Bai Ming stuck out her tongue.
"There will definitely be a chance!"
"Huh…" March 7 let out a sigh.
"You really are a strange person."
"doesn't matter but whatever, let's keep moving forward!"
March 7 stepped around the pit that Bai Ming had kicked open and continued walking forward with her.
The two of them turned the corner and walked upward, eventually entering a large hall.
As soon as they stepped inside, a constantly spinning virtual icon appeared before Bai Ming.
It wasn't the first time she had seen this icon—similar icons had also been printed along the sides of the corridor they had just walked through.
There are things like this too, only before they were solid painted objects, and now they're just virtual icons.
"What's this?" Bai Ming couldn't help but ask.
"You're asking about this…"
March 7 followed Bai Ming's gaze to the spinning icon. "This is the space station's symbol~ It's everywhere."
"I see," Bai Ming nodded thoughtfully.
"All right, that's settled, right?" March 7 said with a smile.n"Soon we'll take the elevator in the middle up to the master control zone. Are you familiar with how to get there?"
"Huh…" Bai Ming hesitated.
March 7th raised her brows slightly, looking at Bai Ming. "By the way I've been meaning to ask, you're not wearing the space station uniform, and you're calling yourself a traveler and a captain…Are you really someone from here?"
Bai Ming scratched her face. "Actually… I don't really remember."
Hearing this, March 7 showed a worried expression. "Amnesia, huh…? Looks like you got a bit hurt. But just now you were so strong…"
March 7th looked at Bai Ming with a soft understanding smile. "I don't want to pry but if you want to talk them all ears! Now let's go, I'll escort you back~"
Saying that, she even winked at Bai Ming.
Bai Ming immediately covered her face and wriggled. "March 7th, you're so cute!!!"
"Huh? N-no, don't say things like that!"
The two walked forward together and soon arrived at the elevator March 7th had mentioned, which leads down to the main control section.
March 7th, who already knew how to operate it, went up to the control panel, while Bai Ming waited nearby.
But as she fumbled with it, March 7's originally flushed face gradually cooled down, and she slowly squinted her eyes, looking a bit dejected. She slapped her forehead and sighed,
"I knew it…"
"Huh?"
Bai Ming had been observing the surroundings, but hearing March 7 sigh like that, she immediately turned her head.
"What's wrong? Why are you sighing?"
"The elevator seems to be broken," March 7tb said, turning back with a helpless expression. "The buttons aren't responding at all."
"Then… what do we do?"
"I don't know," March 7th muttered, wriggling like a little octopus. "If only the all-knowing Teacher Danheng were here… he knows all sorts of weird stuff, maybe he could even fix the elevator."
"Sounds a lot like asking the magical Mr. Abedo, doesn't it?" Bai Ming couldn't help but comment.
"Huh?"
March 7 looked at Bai Ming in confusion.
"Who's Abedo?"
"Uh, nothing!" Bai Ming quickly waved her hand. "Um… March, let me see if I can figure it out?"
March 7 stepped aside and nodded, "No problem, come on over."
Nodding at Bai Ming's suggestion, March 7th made a path for her.
Bai Ming, walking up to the control panel, carefully examined the machine in front of her. The screen was orange, filled with all sorts of buttons and text information. She had only seen such things in sci-fi movies, and now it was really right in front of her.
But just as March 7th had said, even though there were plenty of buttons and information on the screen, none of it could be clicked or dragged anywhere. In simpler terms…
—it was frozen!
"Hey!" Bai Ming tapped the screen with her knuckles, holding her baseball bat in the other hand. "Show some respect! March 7th and I are trying to go down!"
But a machine is still a machine.
Even after Bai Ming said all that, it didn't change at all. The situation reminded her of the frustration when her gaming phone had suddenly frozen before.
"Move already!"
Bai Ming picked up her baseball bat and started banging on the control panel. Clang, clang—the sounds echoed.
"Wait, wait!"
March 7th, having just witnessed Bai Ming's baseball bat combo earlier, quickly tried to stop her. "Bai Ming, don't! If you keep hitting it, you'll really break it!"
"It's fine! If something's broken, just give it a few hits and it'll work!"
"That's not how it works!"
As the two of them bickered, a voice suddenly rang out…
A voice came from behind them.
"What are you two doing?"
It was Dan Heng!
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