Volume 1, Chapter 52: Sharing a Room...

Shu Wan went to Zhou Zhenglin's office with Meng Huaijin first.
When their six eyes met, the suave and debonair Doctor Zhou was on a blind date, which looked to be nearing its end.
Zhou Zhenglin raised an eyebrow at them and said to the young woman, "I apologize, but given the nature of my work, I shouldn't take up any more of Miss Zhang's time. I will explain things to your parents."
The girl curled her lip and said, "I was just about to say the same, as I don't wish to waste your precious time either. As for the dinner we had yesterday..."
"Yes, in fact, we are already planning to launch our counterattack tomorrow to completely breach the enemy's teleportation formation in one fell swoop! Now with your joining, the success rate is even higher." A trace of determination flashed in Nick Fury's eyes.
However, the situation at this very moment was entirely different. This was not as simple as painstakingly managing to find a single ancient soul; this was a world of countless ancient souls.
"The reinforcements are actually going to take another two days?" The nearby hero immediately began to exclaim in shock, his face filled with profound disbelief. The cry for help had been sent out so many days ago, and the reinforcements should have arrived today, yet now they were told it would take another two days.
There were quite a few players in the exact same situation as the Hell players. No one would admit that any player's level had reached 90 at this point in time. If it were a dozen years into the future, there might have been a sliver of hope, but right now, no one would believe it, and countless players simply assumed this was caused by NPCs.
Cultivation operated on a similar principle. Even though the Douqi absorbed from the magic core was consumed, as long as it was recovered, one's original strength remained intact and would not weaken due to the consumption of Douqi.
The higher-ups of both the demon beasts and human cultivators had tacitly agreed to join hands, meaning the human True Saints naturally could not make a move against these high-level demon beasts without a valid reason.
Ian wanted to ask further, but the Spirit Child made a direct move—yes, an absolute attack! The golden palm of the Ksitigarbha Dharma form slammed down fiercely. Darkseid didn't even have time to dodge before he was directly swatted out of this wasteland! The Spirit Child, having decided to act, showed not the slightest hesitation, and accompanied by the giant Buddha, directly pursued him.
Chen Tian looked at the red figure slowly approaching from not far away, feeling a mixture of doubt and silence. Why was she here?
Everyone was aware of this rule, so they paid no attention to it and instead discussed who the first pair of challengers would be.
Seeing this, the Sea Fiend hurriedly retreated back into the ocean. Ian let out a cold snort and threw a fierce punch, the violent force instantly parting the seawater and smoothing out the turbulent whirlpool in a split second. Mind you, this was merely a parlor trick pulled off by the Sea Fiend, vastly different from what could be achieved with a trident. Only someone unfamiliar with the trident, like Ian, would fall for it.
Ivy smiled, then turned and left the restaurant. Li Yunyun kept her head lowered, weighed down by heavy thoughts; throughout the entire evening, she hadn't even finished the glass of orange juice in front of her.
"Is this always your thing, finding excuses to share a room with a man?" Gu Yu said, her lips pursed slightly.
With that, Hagrid made ready to dig in. At that exact moment, a commotion suddenly erupted outside, followed by a flurry of chaotic footsteps approaching their direction.
As long as the matter had nothing to do with Luo Banyue and nothing to do with the mission, she would almost completely ignore it, maintaining a detached attitude of watching from the sidelines.
"Haughty and extravagant, you lot aren't staying in the God Realm, so what are you doing running over to our Demon Realm? Could it be you are trying to stir up trouble while you have the chance?" The Void Demon King said in a deep voice.
Fu Yao opened her front door to be greeted by precisely this scene: her mother's worried expression and tearful eyes.
"Damn it!" Jiang Hua cursed, then glanced at Huang Yawen's red-heart value. The number was 82, and her preferred type was no longer the overbearing and unreasonable kind, but rather the name "Jiang Hua" itself, though followed by a large question mark.
At that moment, "Crackling, pop, pop..." the sound of firecrackers rang out downstairs outside, and quite loudly at that, waking up Gu Tingjun from his slumber.
The formidable arrival of these two also reflected, from the side, the immense importance they attached to the return of Huang Chi. Feeling their sincerity, the Silver Fox harbored even grander illusions about the possibility of success for her own plan.