Thank you for the invitation. I am in Terra, just under the stars.

Hey guys, 404?

I logged out and refreshed again, and all the news related to the Glory Knight disappeared immediately, not even a few about Rhode Island left.

Blocking news, are you afraid that things will get out of control?

Unfortunately, this matter was out of your control from the beginning.

"Hey~ what are you looking at?"

The girl's clear yet lazy voice came from beside her, accompanied by an elegant fragrance.

Zhou Cheng raised his head and saw pure white hair, smooth and clear, green cheeks, and fair skin with a healthy reddish tint.

Xintera, who was walking side by side, came up and was looking at the phone screen curiously.

There's nothing shameful about it. Show it to her openly. Zhou Cheng said casually:

"Just news."

"The news... does the news about Casimir mean anything?"

The fragrant young girl asked this question pretending to be confused, then sighed slightly and said in a low voice:

"It's all tidbits and advertisements. When I see these, I think of those clowns on the stage. Ah, ah, it's so boring."

With a long tail tone, Xintera stretched her body and squinted her eyes to look at the bustling street ahead.This place is close to the Flame Blade Arena, where a knight competition is being held. A large screen in a square will broadcast the scene inside the venue, so that spectators who have not bought tickets can watch it. There are crowds of people everywhere, and it is in full swing.

She looked up at the big screen, which was showing the list of today's competitions. She paused slightly, with a strange expression on her face as if she had won a lottery jackpot in Yan Kingdom, and asked:

"Are you sure you'll give me a hundred gold coins if you let me watch a game with you?"

This was the reason why Li had seen the white-gold master being seduced away in two or three moments before.

He really gave too much!

The killer also needs to have a good meal.

Zhou Cheng took out two Yanblade Arena tickets, waved them, looked at her with a smile and said:

"Of course, I've already bought the ticket. You don't need to pay for it anyway, right?"

Indeed, it doesn’t cost any money anyway, just watch a little bit.

And it came to his door, just in time to investigate him.

Thinking that she still had a mission, Xintrea nodded slightly, showing a little doubt, and asked casually:

"That's right. Speaking of which, is there anyone you know who came specifically to watch the game?"

Zhou Cheng raised his finger and pointed at the big screen. Xinteleia followed it and saw that the list of competitive duels had reached the next round. One of the names of the two knights in the previous round was broken, and then a new group was added. Go up.

After a brief period of suppression, a large number of cheers erupted in the square, and a broadcast louder than the cheers:

"Next is 'Whipblade' versus 'Rusty Iron'. The ultimate battle between two independent knights is about to begin! What are you waiting for? Hurry up and support your favorite knight!"

Noisy sound...

Feeling a little irritated in her heart, Xintreya frowned slightly and randomly picked an uncertain guess:

"Zophia the Whipblade?"

She was actually more inclined towards Xi Tie, who was also a foreigner, but the man beside her nodded slightly.

Is it really a whip blade?

Wait, Zofia, from the Linguang family?

The famous Platinum Master suddenly felt that the one hundred gold coins he was about to receive became hot to his hands.

If this person is really related to the Linguang family, what will happen when the superiors find out that she is also involved?

Zhou Cheng noticed that Little Pegasus was shivering, raised his hand and patted her shoulder gently, saying:

"I told you right? I pay close attention to beautiful girls."

Perhaps it was because she suddenly felt that there was a risk of splitting up, but Xintrea did not pay attention to this physical contact, and even felt a little reassured by it.

Subconsciously taking a step closer to the man next to her, she asked nervously:

"So, she doesn't know you?"

"Of course I don't know him." Zhou Cheng shrugged slightly.

It’s true that I don’t know him now, but it will be hard to say in the future.

Well……

If I hook up with Zofia first, what should Margaret call me?

[-].

A question of thinking.

The innocent little Pegasus, who didn't know what he was thinking, breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s okay if you don’t know them, the Linguang family is ranked high in the Wuzhou Alliance, especially Margaret Linguang.

However, independent knight...

Xintera took one last look at the big screen.

The so-called independent knights are knights who do not accept capital injection and whose original intentions have not changed.

That was also the person she admired after she saw clearly that the knight's competition was a stage that belonged to clowns.

^)['

Fighting against capital in Casimir can be said to be equated with fighting against the entire era.

Cintrea couldn't imagine the pressure they were under. At least she, who once admired the knights, had gone through a lot, but she never had the courage to take that step that would make the whole world enemies.

"……Ugh."

The white-haired girl looked away, and the two of them walked into the VIP channel to buy front row tickets.

Her field of vision suddenly became narrow, and she felt a little lost for some reason as she stepped on the bright red stall.

Zhou Cheng, who noticed her emotions, looked over and raised his eyebrows slightly:

"Are you disappointed with the Knights Athletics?"

"Ah... you are indeed quite disappointed, right? But it's more of a disappointment to other places... the Federation of Commerce, the National Assembly, this country, etc..."

The emotional Xinteleia muttered a few more words, perhaps because of the strange sense of security in him, but when she realized what she said, she didn't feel too flustered.

He looked up and saw that the young man who looked not much older than him still maintained a faint smile.

Didn't you hear me?

As soon as he came up with such a relieved and inexplicably regretful guess, he saw him raising his hand again and placing it gently on his shoulder.

It was a very powerful palm, not pressing hard on the body, but just by touching it, one could feel the stability of the owner of the palm.

As if he was talking about something insignificant, he said in a casual tone:

“A truly fair knight competition is achievable.

"As long as we use the technology of the virtual world and put the arena into the virtual space, the only external influence is physical strength. We can freely access the equipment in the database and adopt an equal matching mechanism - in this way, we can achieve fair knight competition.

"Do you like it? Or... do you want it?"

His voice was very soft, but it didn't sound like nonsense when it fell on my ears, but it sounded like the whisper of the devil.

19. Xintrea’s self-guided strategy

Xintrea once dreamed of participating in the knight competition, but then she saw the darkness of capital, and all kinds of fake matches were rampant. What determines the outcome of the knights is not the strength, but the income brought by the odds.

She once had thoughts of resisting, but was scared away by the Chamber of Commerce before she could take action. After all, she was only a teenage girl at that time.

It is not incomprehensible for the individual Pegasus of the 'divine people' in Kuranta to participate in the knight competition when they are still underage. Even Margaret made her debut at the age of 16 and won the championship that year.

Whether before or now, Xintrea is far from tapping into its racial potential.Her current state is a bit close to Ma Enna, but she is more thorough than Ma Enna. After encountering the darkness of the Commercial Federation and the Unparalleled Alliance before her mind was sound, she never thought about training hard... Although She doesn't have the time either.

In short, the little Pegasus who was just getting along had very complicated feelings about the knight competition. After her fantasy was shattered, while she was disgusted, she still had a trace of innocent longing - this was probably because she was still young.

Zhou Cheng, who caught her mind, said what he just said about realizing her 'childhood dream'.

For him, it didn't matter even if he guessed wrong. The reason why he told Bai Jin this was just to explore her thoughts.

What he really planned to use to attack this little Pegasus was to help her solve the problems between the Wuxia Alliance and the Commercial Federation.

But, it seems like these words have a good effect?

Zhou Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly.

Under his gaze, the white-haired girl, whose height was only 1.6 meters including her ears, showed a brief moment of astonishment. She blinked and asked uncertainly:

"Um, did I...hear something wrong?"

"No, does Casimir have any science fiction novels about this?"

"You also said it was science fiction, right...?"

Muttering softly, Xintrea's current expression was as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight. It was not scary, but extremely unreasonable, full of absurdity and weirdness.

She subconsciously wanted to believe what this man said, but it was too subversive.

Even the top platinum player who participated in the knight competition before finishing high school knows how outrageous the so-called virtual stealth technology is.

That is to allow human consciousness to enter the network, and the next step is almost a state of mechanical ascension and eternal consciousness. ——Of course, she knew all the above from reading novels. If there are any mistakes, just pretend that she didn’t say anything.

Oh, I didn’t say it in the first place, it seems...

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Zhou Cheng said indifferently, "It only seems like science fiction because no one is studying this aspect. In fact, it can only be said to be a relatively common technology."

The sound of that statement convinced Xintraya, who was actually still in her second year of middle school, to believe the lie. However, compared to the elusive science fiction technology, there was another thing that concerned her.

Knowing her to this extent...could this guy have started paying attention to her when she first entered the arena at the age of 13, right?

The white-haired girl with a subtle expression showed a subtle look as if she was looking at a 'lolicon suspect'.

At that time, she was still very thin...

No, it's very small.

Speaking of which, it wasn't that big until I left the arena...

"Please check your ticket~"

At the gate in front of the passage, the ticket check staff smiled and extended their hands.

Zhou Cheng handed over two adult tickets, but the staff took them and pressed them under the machine to punch holes.He doesn't know if Platinum Adult is not there. Anyway, the standard for children's tickets in Casimir is basically under 1.2 meters.

"Welcome to the Flame Blade Arena, would you like some popcorn and Coke?"

"No thanks."

After rejecting the staff's promotion, Zhou Cheng didn't let go and walked into the arena with Xintera, who was thinking about something strange, in his arms.

This is a building similar to a football field. The audience seats are surrounded by a green grassland, and obstacles such as rockeries and rocks are also arranged in it.

The midday sun shone on the pure white hair, reflecting the sparkling silver. Xintreya pursed her green lips and glanced at the young man beside her quietly.

He's so handsome, but he doesn't look like a criminal suspect targeting a 13-year-old girl...

Zhou Chengruo felt something and looked at the girl beside him.

The snow-colored eyelashes trembled slightly, as if snowflakes were shaking off, and the sunlight shining on them moved with it.

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing."

Xintera looked back expressionlessly, but her fair little face turned a little rosy.

Making trouble?I'm telling you about virtual infiltration, and you're blushing like a teapot!

Zhou Cheng was speechless for a moment, but he felt that the atmosphere was quite good, so he smiled and took advantage of the victory and said:

"I have been paying attention to you a long time ago, and I really like your nimble figure, as if you are dancing in my heart.

"I came to Casimir this time because I had some ideas. What do you think about replacing the 'Knight Competition' with the 'Virtual Knight Competition'?"

He didn't mention a business association or anything like that. That was a bit too far and was not conducive to maintaining the atmosphere.

And if it's like asking for advice, even if you don't actually participate, it can give people a sense of involvement and a sense of identification with the same front to a certain extent. What he wants is to use this to bring the two of them closer.