Chapter 53: The Beautiful Shadow of the Ancient Tomb (Part 1)

  Zhou Jian didn't expect Linda to come and wait for him. As he got on the car, Linda whispered in his ear: "Now I've changed my mind, even if you don't want to teach me martial arts, I can still be your girlfriend, and I absolutely won't interfere with your other private life..."

  Linda said with her sweet and charming voice, speaking out these tempting words, so that Zhou Jian was a little dazed for a moment. He naturally understood what Linda meant. This American elf is really enchanting to death.

  "If you come to Las Vegas in the future, just let me know and I'll take care of all your food and accommodation. How's that? Hehe..."

  "Hmm... it's really not bad." Zhou Jian had never experienced the feeling of being pursued by a beauty before, and although Linda wasn't his type, this feeling was making him feel itchy in his heart.

  That afternoon, Linda drove to take Zhou Jian to the desert around Las Vegas. This was Zhou Jian's first time seeing a desert. The desert around Las Vegas is not a golden sandy sea, but a semi-arid Gobi yellow soil that stretches as far as the eye can see.

  This is not a barren land, but rather it's full of various desert plants. Cacti are crowded together in clusters, and withered shrubs stretch out endlessly. However, these are not the most surprising things - what's most astonishing is the Joshua tree that stands tall among the rocky peaks, its unique shape resembling a mighty dragon soaring into the sky. All its branches twist upwards towards the heavens, even its leaves stand upright like steel needles, unyielding and unrelenting.

  It was already late afternoon, the sun was close to the horizon, and the red glow of sunset stuck to the edge of the sky like a flame, everything in the desert was reflected in dazzling gold. Even Zhou Jian, who had not studied aesthetics extensively, couldn't help but feel the grandeur and majesty of nature.

  "Do you believe it? It's a gift from God to the people of Las Vegas." Linda said, driving with her golden hair blowing in the wind, matching the endless desert and giving off an infinite wild feeling.

  Zhou Jian suddenly realized that every girl has her own beautiful moment, he just hadn't discovered it yet.

  Perhaps Wen Ren Huiyin should be the kind of woman who wears a plain white long dress, with black long hair, quietly sitting by the school lake reading in the morning.

  Chu Qingyun should be wearing a neat professional attire, sitting in front of her desk drinking coffee, quickly handling one document after another, that was her ultimate beauty.

  As for Linda, she is suitable for driving a sports car speeding in the desert, wildly and recklessly...

  ……

  "Hey, do you have a crush on any girl?" The car suddenly slowed down, and Linda asked without turning her head, her long hair still fluttering.

  Zhou Jian was taken aback for a moment. The girl he liked? Two girls' figures flashed through his mind, and finally he shook his head and said, "I don't know."

  "Does 'unknown' mean 'none' or 'not certain'?"

  "Uncertain."

  "Does uncertainty mean too many possibilities?"

  "Uh... I suggest you should probably brush up on your Chinese..."

  "Hehe......" Linda suddenly smiled slyly, "Are you a virgin or an experienced man?"

  Zhou Jian was stunned, and Linda actually asked him if he was a virgin.

  "Okay, I'm not kidding you anymore. I just think it's a pity if you can't find true love during the best time of your life, right?"

  Zhou Jian did not respond, Americans and Chinese people have different views on sex, he had never thought that the open view of sex in America was bad, but he adhered to the traditional Chinese view of sex, which was not conservative, but a sense of responsibility.

  Linda stepped on the accelerator again, and the red Chevrolet sports car was running wildly on the straight desert highway, as if it would drive to the end of the sky...

  ……

  That night, in the presidential suite in Vienna, Zhou Jian felt insomnia, he had a share of inexplicable restlessness, not just physical needs, but a sense of emptiness and loneliness after achieving success with no one to share it with.

  He took the gaming helmet, Zhou Jian logged into "Shenmo", he was ready to complete the task of compensating for the game company in these few days, a considerable amount of experience, not taking it would be a waste.

  These days, Zhou Jian has been quite busy and hasn't played games much, but due to the new instance, his leveling hasn't slowed down. He's already gained more than half of the experience needed for level 25. Unfortunately, except for a single epic item, "Blood of the Fallen", all the equipment dropped from the new instance requires level 30 to use, so Zhou Jian's equipment remains unchanged.

  Just then, Tianxin received a notification that her friend was online. She took a look and it turned out to be Wen Ren Huiyin, who hadn't gone to bed yet even though it was already 1 am.

  Since the borrowing money incident, Zhou Jian had slightly more contact with Wen Ren Hui Yin. He sent a message saying: "It's so late, aren't you sleeping yet?"

  "It's still morning now, today is Saturday, no class."

  Zhou Jian cursed himself for being foolish. The city where Las Vegas is located is in the Western Eighth District, which uses Pacific Time. In daylight saving time, it is 15 hours behind Beijing time, and in winter time, it is 16 hours behind Beijing time. Now it's winter time, so when it's 1 am in Las Vegas, it's equivalent to 9 am in Hong Kong.

  "Hmm... it's like this, I've been a bit confused lately." Zhou Jian didn't tell Wen Ren Hui that he was in the United States, and during his school days, he actually ran to the United States, which is really hard to explain.

  "Where are you?"

  "Just logged in, at Pangu City, preparing to go out and level up for a while, and collect some equipment by the way." Zhou Jian planned to take some time to change this set of garbage, after all, he was now a wealthy player, changing into a set of top-notch game equipment would only cost tens of thousands of yuan.

  "I just arrived at the ancient tomb and I'm about to level up, want me to take you with me?"

  "Hmm..." Zhou Jian was about to refuse, as bringing a personal upgrade would definitely slow down Wen Ren Huiyin's leveling speed. But at this moment, the system prompted: "Your friend Blue Ocean Sound has used a teleportation card to send you a teleportation invitation, destination Ancient Tomb 9th floor, coordinates (257,366), do you agree to teleport?"

  The teleport card can instantly transport friends to the user's side, each sold for 500 gold coins, equivalent to 5 yuan, and can only be used in leveling locations and cities. Dungeons and equipment drops are not available.

  Zhou Jian thought for a moment and still clicked confirm. A flash of white light, he disappeared from Pangu City, the next moment, he had already arrived at Gu Mu Jiu.