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Yang Shung didn't expect Yang Xiaoyou to appear in the Abandoned Land of the Gods at this time.
And she had even come to Shell Town, joining Wang Min's team!
Yang Shung understood Yang Xiaoyou's thoughts immediately.
"She's trying to find Shadow and make contact?"
"If not, why come to Shell Town?"
"She's sharp enough to notice my connection with Lin Liwei…"
Yang Shung smirked coldly.
In his past life, he and Yang Xiaoyou were close, spending their days together. He naturally knew what she was thinking.
Back then, before Yang Shung had risen in the Abandoned Game of the Gods, Yang Xiaoyou wanted to join a stronger team. Yang Shung stopped her. Fortunately, he had risen quickly in power, and Yang Xiaoyou followed him obediently afterward.
"It seems the timeline has shifted in this life."
Yang Shung felt a brief surprise, but it soon passed.
Since Yang Xiaoyou was now part of Wang Min's team, there was no need to sell priest equipment to them. Even if it were coincidence, Yang Shung wouldn't give Yang Xiaoyou any advantage.
He wouldn't even hint at knowing her.
Now, too many people had their eyes on the name "Shadow."
"I haven't brought my abilities into reality yet. If my identity is exposed, it'll bring endless trouble—maybe even death."
"Once I hit Level 10, I can extract stealth skills. At least then, I'll have some form of self-defense in reality."
Even a simple pistol could kill him in the real world. Exposing himself now would be suicidal.
But Yang Shung was close to Level 10. Soon, he'd be able to bring extraordinary abilities into reality.
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More than ten minutes later, Yang Shung returned to Shell Town.
By the time he finished exploring the Temple of Faith, it was already afternoon in Daxia.
In Jianghai City alone, hundreds of initial towns had been activated, bringing hundreds of thousands of people into the God-Abandoned Game.
But Yang Shung didn't expect such a crowd in Shell Town.
Everywhere he looked, the streets were packed with people!
When he appeared in his ghostfire leather armor, his figure turned every head in the town.
"Shadow! Shadow! Brother Shadow, can we add you as a friend?"
"Are you really Shadow? I'm the president of Jianghai Dingsheng Group. Join our team!"
"Shadow, do you need a lackey? I can shout 'six-six-six' for you all day!"
"Boss, this is my sister. She's your biggest fan. Let her meet you…"
Yang Shung activated Flash Step, covering 30 meters in an instant, vanishing into stealth mode.
He left the crowd behind, moving toward his secret meeting with Lin Liwei.
Wang Min's team, including Lin Liwei, waited near a ruined house. Yang Xiaoyou stood behind them, nervously fidgeting with her hands, glancing around anxiously.
Yang Shung appeared before Lin Liwei, giving Yang Xiaoyou a fleeting glance as if she were a stranger.
Without a word, he retrieved items from his inventory.
He added Wang Min as a friend and privately messaged:
"This is a gold-tier warrior's gear, 300 days of life. For you, 280 days."
"This is a gold-tier shooter's skill book, worth 550 days of life. I'll sell it for 520 days."
He marked each item with reasonable prices and offered them to Wang Min.
"Brother, I only have 925 days of life…" Wang Min admitted helplessly.
"That's fine. Pay later," Yang Shung replied casually.
The total value of the items reached 2,200 days of life. With official resources, Wang Min could repay it soon.
Grateful, Wang Min traded 900 days upfront, taking the items and thanking Yang Shung profusely.
With this new gear, their team's efficiency would skyrocket, allowing them to tackle even silver-tier bosses.
"Damn, Shadow Boss is incredible! Gold-tier gear this early?"
"This shooter's skill is insane! My damage just tripled!"
"And he let us buy on credit? The trust he has in us…"
The team marveled, except for Yang Xiaoyou.
"No priest gear?" she muttered, stunned.
Yang Shung had plenty of priest items, including a gold-tier scepter and a skill book, but he wouldn't give any to Yang Xiaoyou.
Instead, he planned to recruit another priest for Wang Min's team, forcing them to kick her out.
Yang Shung wouldn't let anything jeopardize his future plans for large-scale trades.
At that moment, a system notification popped up:
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[Player 'Xiaoyouya' has sent a friend request!]
[Message: Hello, big brother! I'm the priest in Wang Min's team~]
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Yang Shung frowned.
"So polite to outsiders. Always impatient with me…"
"Yang Xiaoyou, you're truly something else."
He neither accepted nor rejected her request.
Ignoring her was simpler and less conspicuous than outright refusing.
Yang Shung turned toward the teleportation platform, ready to travel to Blazing Fire Town.
His target was Song Fei, who had been assigned to the same region.
Song Fei, once a famous singer, had humiliated Yang Shung in the past life.
This time, Yang Shung vowed to eliminate him in both the game and reality.
The first step was to make Song Fei suffer in the game.
Yang Shung smirked coldly.