Yun Qingzhou nodded, silently committing the mission to memory.
Suddenly thinking of something, he asked, ‘Little System, the male lead will not recognize me in this world, will he?’
“Don’t worry, Zhou. Feel your face; you are wearing a mask, so you do not need to worry.”
Hearing this, Yun Qingzhou gave a cold laugh. ‘So your so-called method of keeping the male lead from recognizing me as long as I do not expose myself is just making me wear a mask?’
The system coughed twice, feeling a bit guilty. “Zhou, just be a little careful in this world. My application for the shaping buff was only submitted not long ago and has not been approved yet.”
“Next world! In the next world, I guarantee you can mold whatever face you want, Zhou!”
Yun Qingzhou let out a cold snort. This pie-in-the-sky-promising system had better do what it said.
As the dungeon loaded, Yun Qingzhou also searched his distant memories for information about this world.
In this world, he had once been the partner of the male lead, Li Lin. They had braved the very first dungeon together, developing an extraordinary tacit understanding and forming a team named Winner.
With him and Li Lin, Winner gradually grew, making a name for itself in the infinite world and unsurprisingly becoming the number one dark horse among countless teams expected to break out of the infinite realm.
It was just unfortunate that during the fifth dungeon, the male lead was seized by a monster. To rescue the male lead, he had negotiated with the monster right in front of the male lead, ultimately sacrificing himself.
Before his death, the gaze the male lead fixed on him had left a deep impression on him even after passing through so many worlds.
It was twisted, despairing, and dark to the extreme, as if the one losing their life was the other person, rather than himself.
When Yun Qingzhou came back to his senses again, he was already in a village. The surroundings were filled with desolate, dilapidated brick houses, and not a single trace of human life was visible.
Yun Qingzhou first looked around. Making sure there were neither humans nor ghosts, he asked the system:
‘Why was I not teleported to the same place as the male lead and the others?’
“Zhou, your current identity is no longer a member of Winner; you are a solo player, so naturally you will not be teleported to the same place as the male lead and the others.”
Yun Qingzhou nodded. A dungeon would have dozens of participants, including not just several teams, but also quite a few solo players with strong personal abilities who were unwilling to team up. Seen this way, he would have to find the male lead himself.
However, this village was on the edge of the map, and wanting to find the male lead would probably require walking toward the center of the map for a few days.
The youth touched the mask on his face, making sure it was worn securely and intact before walking forward with bold confidence.
Scarcely had he taken two steps when he heard the rustling of scuffling coming from behind a hayrick not far away. Yun Qingzhou instantly grew vigilant, casting a cold gaze over.
“You do not need to worry too much, Zhou. As the boss of the infinite world, monsters and ghosts will run away in fear when they see you. Only players can harm you. However, with your current strength, apart from the male lead, no one can come within a fraction of an inch of you.”
Hearing the system’s words, Yun Qingzhou relaxed his vigilance slightly. A flick of his fingertip turned the hayrick into fine powder.
The rule power of an infinite world boss was truly easy to use. Probably as long as he wished, this world could be destroyed the very next moment.
Raising his eyes to look, the youth discovered that behind the hayrick was a young man with delicate features, wearing a thin T-shirt and with messy hair, looking truly rather pitiful.
Right now, he seemed even more frightened by Yun Qingzhou’s casual display just moments ago, remaining frozen in place while trembling all over, a pair of watery, expressive eyes staring at Yun Qingzhou in terror.
Yun Qingzhou had no mood to converse with anyone other than the male lead. Seeing that the person before him posed no threat, he turned to leave, but the young man seemed anxious and hurried a couple of steps forward, wanting to get close to Yun Qingzhou.
However, when he was still three meters away from Yun Qingzhou, he was blocked outside by a transparent protective shield on Yun Qingzhou’s body.
Seeing this, the young man’s voice trembled slightly, but he still mustered the courage to speak, carrying quite a pleading undertone:
“My name is Qingyu. You are a player too, right? You are so amazing. Can you take me with you? I got separated from my teammates.”
Yun Qingzhou intended to carry out his icy, unfeeling boss persona to the end, so he ignored him and raised his foot to walk away.
Seeing the youth’s icy attitude, Qingyu muttered inwardly to himself:
As expected, big shots all have very weird tempers, just like their captain.
“Think about it! I am a member of Winner. You must have heard of our captain’s name, right? Li Lin! He is Li Lin, the number one on the strong player rankings of the infinite world.”
Hearing Qingyu’s words, Yun Qingzhou’s footsteps paused. He had originally thought the young man before him was a solo player without a team like himself, but never expected him to be the male lead’s teammate.
Still, he had not expected Li Lin’s current teammates to still possess only this level of capability even by the third-to-last world.
Never mind. Not everyone possessed the innate talent and fortune of the male lead.
Seeing that Yun Qingzhou had no particular reaction, Qingyu hurried to add, “Big shot, think about it. With your strength combined with the strength of my captain, clearing this dungeon will be as easy as taking candy from a baby.”
“If we cooperate, the time spent in this dungeon will be shorter, and you can head to the next dungeon sooner!”
Yun Qingzhou was still struggling with how to follow this fellow to find the male lead and infiltrate enemy lines without breaking his persona, but now, the other party had conveniently found the excuse for him.
The youth gave a slight nod, looking somewhat reluctant, but it did not matter. This did not hinder Qingyu’s joy as he skipped along behind Yun Qingzhou as they walked toward the center of the map.
After all, he was the weakest in the team, yet he had unexpectedly failed to teleport to the same place as the captain and the others.
The moment he opened his eyes, he had spotted Yun Qingzhou not far away, clad in a bizarre white robe and covered completely from head to toe, with the major portion of his exposed face even wearing an exaggerated demonic mask.
Recalling the youth’s merciless finger flick just now and those icy eyes, Qingyu could not help shivering involuntarily.
Yet he could not even get close to this youth by half a step. With this kind of strength, he probably was not much weaker than the captain. Why, then, had he never heard of such a figure?
Unable to figure it out for a moment, Qingyu stopped pondering and happily trailed behind Yun Qingzhou, chattering away and persistently inquiring about Yun Qingzhou’s background.
Qingyu: “Big shot, what is your name? Since you are so amazing, you must be someone on the strong player rankings, right?”
Yun Qingzhou: “…”
Qingyu: “Big shot, you turned that hayrick into dust with just a single point of your finger. I have not seen this kind of skill in the mall yet; it must be very expensive, right?”
Yun Qingzhou: “…”
Qingyu: “Big shot, can you not speak? No, no, I did not mean anything else by it, just asking.”