Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 42 is great! Let's go with this one!

Evening, in a restaurant in Jiangnan Base City.

"Young man Jiang Lan, you have a bright future ahead of you. I have something to attend to later, so I'll offer you a toast with water instead of wine."

"Inspector Liu, you flatter me."

Jiang Lan also picked up the cup containing mineral water.

Yao Rao had already left, but Inspector Liu and Zhuge Shan insisted on having dinner with Jiang Lan and Zhuge Tao.

The purpose of the meal was simply to get to know each other, so no one drank alcohol.

In fact, a considerable portion of martial artists are teetotalers.

As a martial artist, you never know when you might have to fight monsters, and drinking alcohol will greatly affect your fighting ability.

The four of them ate and chatted in the private room, and the atmosphere was quite lively.

Zhuge Shan's face, which had been serious and resolute, now showed a slight smile.

"Xiao Tao, I'm truly impressed. In such a small city like Jiangnan, you managed to find a genius like Jiang Lan."

Zhuge Tao's face was also full of smiles, and he said repeatedly:

"Just lucky, that's all..."

He was absolutely telling the truth.

At first, no one could have imagined that Jiang Lan's talent would be so outrageous.

Even Jiang Lan herself was a little surprised.

Therefore, when Zhuge Tao signed Jiang Lan, he never expected that Jiang Lan could go from a mid-level warrior with good physical qualities to a mid-level war god in less than ten days.

This level of strength has already far surpassed his.

In fact, Jiang Lan is already a formal member of the War God Palace. Although he does not hold a position in the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, Zhuge Tao should address him as "Master" when he sees him.

As for Zhuge Shan and Inspector Liu, they were both war gods, so they didn't need to be.

Looking at Jiang Lan, Zhuge Tao said solemnly, "Brother Lan, I should thank you. The headmaster himself came this time, so I'm sure I'll get promoted and make a fortune. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am today."

"Stop, stop, stop." Jiang Lan quickly raised her hand, stopping Zhuge Tao from continuing. "We don't need to say those things between us. I haven't even thanked you for taking care of me yet."

During this period, Zhuge Tao did take good care of him, improving his treatment and giving him a communication watch.

Whether these things were useful to him or not is another matter, but Zhuge Tao did indeed do them.

Although Jiang Lan is a bit eccentric, she is not a heartless person, and she will not put on an arrogant attitude after gaining power.

There's no need. Pretending won't make you any better off.

"Haha... Enough said, we're all in the water now, Brother Lan, I'll toast you!"

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An hour later, Zhuge Tao brought Jiang Lan back to the vicinity of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall headquarters in Jiangnan Base City.

Zhuge Shan and Inspector Liu had already left.

Zhuge Tao glanced at the communication watch on his wrist and said:

"It's already eleven o'clock, why don't you take a nap before you leave?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Lan pondered for a moment.

He had wanted to take a nap back at the supply base.

But he had been testing and eating, and before he knew it, it was already night, and he hadn't been able to get any sleep.

Going to the wilderness is certainly urgent, but we need to be well-rested first.

"Okay then."

Zhuge Tao said excitedly, "This villa was reserved for you a long time ago. It's right next door. I'll take you there."

Jiang Lan raised an eyebrow.

If Zhuge Tao hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about it.

"Let's go then."

Following behind Zhuge Tao, Jiang Lan hadn't gone far when the words "Huai'an Residential Area" came into view.

The community is magnificent and is also a villa area. From the outside, it looks much larger than Mingyue Community.

As for the villa complex inside, it looks a bit more upscale than Mingyue Community.

This is normal, after all, this is near the Jiangnan Base City Headquarters, while Mingyue Residential Area is only the Yangzhou City Headquarters, the two are a level apart.

Led by Zhuge Tao, the two soon arrived at a villa.

In front of the villa is a small courtyard, complete with artificial hills and a pond, with even a few koi carp in the pond.

After the RR virus outbreak, all organisms underwent some degree of mutation, so it is rare to see koi carp that can be kept in the yard.

Just one word.

luxury.

"Come on, let me give you the certification." Zhuge Tao stood by the door. "You can come back to this villa anytime you want. Just like in Mingyue Community, the villa will be cleaned by professionals."

Jiang Lan smacked her lips.

So we've entered high society now?

After successful authentication, Jiang Lan opened the door and entered the villa.

Inside, the decor was not much different from the villas in Mingyue Community, and some of the furniture was even exactly the same.

However, due to its large size, it appears much more spacious.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Tao."

"It's no trouble at all, it's nothing," Zhuge Tao laughed. "You go to sleep first, just look for me when you wake up tomorrow, and we'll go to the wilderness area."

Upon hearing Zhuge Tao mention the wilderness area, Jiang Lan suddenly remembered that there was something she hadn't asked him yet.

Jiang Lan immediately stopped Zhuge Tao and said:

"Brother Tao, I'm planning to go to a more dangerous place tomorrow, somewhere with a higher density and stronger monsters. Do you have any recommendations?"

"This..." Zhuge Tao, standing at the door, stroked his chin. "Logically speaking, with your current strength, you should indeed be able to go to that kind of place, but..."

"Come inside and let's talk."

Jiang Lan pulled Zhuge Tao to sit on the sofa in the living room.

After Zhuge Tao sat down, Jiang Lan asked, "But what?"

"It's too dangerous... The closest cities, like City 023, formerly SZ City, even have high-level lord-level monsters roaming around in the city center."

Zhuge Tao looked Jiang Lan up and down and continued, "It's not that I'm being mean, but even a team of war gods can be defeated if they're not careful, let alone a lone wolf like you."

"It's okay, it's city 023, right? We'll go there tomorrow."

Jiang Lan wasn't afraid of danger; what he feared was that the monster was too weak.

If there are monsters in the city center that he can't defeat, then why not just avoid going to the city center?

Fight the ones you can beat first.

Once all the opponents are defeated, even those who were previously unbeatable can be defeated.

"No... Brother Lan, you're completely unyielding. I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Then continue."

Zhuge Tao took a breath.

"City 023 is already very dangerous. The outer areas are okay; although the monsters are dense, none of them are particularly strong. But whatever you do, don't go to the city center." He continued:

"However, City 023 is relatively safe, but City 003 is much more dangerous. Even within the Second Ring Road, there are countless Lord-level monsters, and the river channel is teeming with countless aquatic monsters, which are extremely ferocious. Even the War God Squad dares not venture deep into the area."

Jiang Lan's eyes lit up.

"003? Let's go to this one tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)