Li Mo straightened her back confidently and responded with a smile, "Thank you for the compliment."
She only has eyes for her boyfriend; that's a compliment, after all, she has so many eyes that she can fit her boyfriend into every single one of them—that's quite impressive.
Ye Tianxuan fell silent.
His way of thinking is somewhat different from that of the monster.
Ye Tianxuan could only look at Yin Xiu and said, "Don't open it. It contains information that is unnecessary for you."
Yin Xiu ignored him and turned on the recorder. With a click, the voice of that naive young man from many years ago came through: "Good evening, Yin the God of Slaughter."
A familiar greeting drifted out, and Ye Tianxuan covered his face.
The voice from the recorder continued, like someone rambling on and on, "Yin Shashen, the town has become more and more stable lately. When I hand out flyers, they read them. It's probably because you came to the town. The players have become more stable, and those monsters have become more obedient. It seems that I alone really can't realize my ideal town. Force is not absolute, but it is necessary."
"You might not be entirely clear about your position in this town, but that's okay. Just keep fishing, and I can quietly use your reputation to suppress some troublemakers, right? If you don't reply, I'll take that as your agreement! Thanks, God of War Yin!"
Yin Xiu silently raised his eyes to look at Ye Tianxuan, who was gazing into the distance.
The sound of another voice recorder rang out.
"Yin Shashen, I recently discovered that some of the monsters in the dungeon seem to be of different levels, and their relationships are also slightly different. This is something that you, who have cleared the dungeon, may not have noticed. I will record it for you. This world of monsters seems to be far more complex than we imagined."
"I am currently exploring this, and I don't know if I will ever understand the truth about them in the future. If I don't understand it before I die, but you do, remember to come to my grave and tell me."
Yin Xiu looked up at Ye Tianxuan again, while Ye Tianxuan gazed leisurely at the sky.
The next voice recorder chimed: "Yin Shashen, I've recently gotten along better with some monsters. I've learned a few things from them. Sometimes I find it easier to get along with these non-human monsters than with players. Maybe it's because I'm too weak and not worthy of their attention."
"Have you noticed that I don't have many friends around me? Apart from the few players who are willing to cooperate with me, everyone else who comes up to me will look me up and down to see if I'm worth talking to."
"I really envy you at times like this. When people look down on you, I can only smile in response, but you can just draw your sword and slash. If I were as strong as you, I could stomp their faces into the ground."
Ye Tianxuan slowly squatted down and covered his burning ears.
"Yin Xiu, I just finished a dungeon. I encountered a black cat, no... it should be a monster. I met it in the dungeon. It said it had been observing me for a long time and that someone like me would die sooner or later. Although it was right, I was still very annoyed. I still used the only items I had to beat it up, but I couldn't beat it."
"It didn't kill me, but turned into a kitten and said it wanted to make a contract with me and give me power, but I don't like cats, so I threw it away."
"The kitten still came to me. In the end, I gained power at a price that it considered precious. What it considered precious was nothing to me, so I made the trade."
"Maybe I've caught up with you now."
Yin Xiu clicked off the recorder and looked at Ye Tianxuan, who was squatting on the ground covering his ears. "After gaining power, you've become arrogant. Ye Tianxuan, you've even stopped calling me Yin the God of Slaughter."
Ye Tianxuan looked at him with resentment, "Can you please not expose my dark history from many years ago in public? This is social death, a very serious matter."
Yin Xiu put the remaining recorder into his pocket. "I thought there was some important information inside, but it's just elementary school students' diaries. I'm not interested in listening to it."
"Give it back if you're not interested!"
"No."
In contrast, Yin Xiu could see that Ye Tianxuan in the past was under great pressure from his environment. The construction of his ideal town was difficult, he didn't have many acquaintances, and he had nowhere to confide in. In the end, he took a voice recorder and recorded things himself. When he felt that his life was in danger, he even gave these records as a legacy to the side bosses of the dungeon, hoping that they would be delivered to Yin Xiu one day.
Only Ye Tianxuan could pull off such a bizarre and strange behavior.
But it's understandable, because Ye Tianxuan at the beginning wasn't the "Boss Ye" everyone talks about. He was just an ordinary player without any power. In fact, because he looked weak, he was targeted and robbed. It was not easy for him to survive, let alone become the boss of a small town like he is now.
"Since you're out meeting up with friends so late at night, I won't disturb you any longer. I'm going back to sleep." Yin Xiu put away the recorder, waved his hand, and pulled Li Mo away. "Remember to go back to sleep early."
Li Mo had excellent hearing. He noticed that Ye Tianxuan had gone to the edge of the town alone and told Yin Xiu. Just in case, Yin Xiu secretly followed to take a look. When he saw the monsters appear, he was quite puzzled because the monsters did not seem to have any intention of killing Ye Tianxuan, which was hard for Yin Xiu, the god of killing, to understand.
Then I realized that they were all his friends.
Because he had come back from the dead, his monster friends all came to see him happily. Afraid of scaring the townspeople, he chose to meet them secretly in secluded places.
In some ways, Ye Tianxuan does share some similarities with him.
Ye Tianxuan admired his martial prowess and his unwavering stance on his position. He was indifferent to all outside opinions and focused only on his immediate goal. He was so resilient and so powerful.
Yin Xiu envied his social skills. He could make friends with both players and monsters, be respected and surrounded by them. As a weak and insignificant player, he broke free from the mire and became a sun admired by thousands.
In the end, they both achieved their goals and were reborn.
Back in his room in his small town, Yin Xiu finally felt at ease and lay down in bed. Turning his head, he saw that the room, now dark, was filled with Wushuang's eyes staring at him.
The room was completely dark, so dark that you couldn't see anything at all. You could only see those dense eyes blinking in the darkness and crowding around the headboard.
"Aren't you going to come up and sleep?" Yin Xiu asked.
The monster trembled. The last time it came to this room, Yin Xiu had coldly warned it not to come onto the bed, but now it was allowed to.
I still want to stay by your side, just like before.
Just like when Yin Xiu slept in the coffin before, the monster guarded his side. Although the coffin hasn't been taken out yet, the bed is still the same.
When Yin Xiu was sleeping, it would watch him from the side, and it can do that again now.
But Yin Xiu reached out and touched the cold lump blocking the bed. "Isn't this already able to become a human? If you want to learn how to be a human, you should go to bed and sleep."
Upon hearing this, the little monster thought it made a lot of sense, and hurriedly transformed into human form, lying down nervously and obediently beside Yin Xiu.