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"L-L-Louis, Mr. Louis."
Monica once again reverted to her extremely socially anxious state.
Louis couldn't help but smile helplessly at this.
"Would you mind, my esteemed colleague, not unilaterally changing my name to something humorous like 'L-L-Louis'?"
Since Golza and Melba had both been dealt with, Louis gradually returned to his usual demeanor.
Monica, who had been teased, immediately lowered her head and apologized.
"I-I'm terribly sorry!"
Although such a scene had occurred not long ago, neither of them found anything amiss with it.
Just then, a hauntingly beautiful melody began to play beside them.
Following the direction of the sound, they saw Mr. Nan Li, wearing a pair of round, ink-colored glasses, playing the erhu.
The soft, beautiful tone evoked tender emotions deep within people's hearts.
The picturesque melody made one lose themselves in its beauty.
After more than ten seconds, the song ended.
Bai Muzhen walked over and couldn't help but ask, "Young Master Nan Li, why are you dressed like this today?"
"I am now a Sea Ranger. From now on, when you see me in this attire, please call me Ju Feng."
Fujiwara Chika also walked over and asked again, "A Sea Ranger? What is that?"
Meeting the curious gazes of the three women and Louis, Nan Li slowly began to explain.
"A Sea Ranger is a chivalrous group that carries out acts of justice for kindness and righteousness in the cosmic star sea."
Bai Muzhen's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.
"Wow! Isn't that just like the great heroes in those storybooks?"
If anyone would react most strongly to the word "hero," it would undoubtedly be Bai Muzhen from the martial arts World.
And Fujiwara Chika now had a new question.
"Then why is it called Ju Feng? Such a strange name, does it have any deeper meaning?"
Nan Li did not answer the question immediately.
He simply reached out and casually grabbed at the air.
Then he slowly opened his hand in front of Fujiwara Chika.
—In an instant.
A gentle breeze scattered from Nan Li's hand, blowing Fujiwara Chika's pink bangs.
"See, Ju Feng, literally, do you understand?"
Bai Muzhen's eyes lit up again; she understood.
Ju means to grasp or scoop.
Ju Feng means to grasp the wind.
Fujiwara Chika, on the other hand, was captivated by his sudden, cool move.
"Wow! That move of yours was too cool..."
Nan Li felt no ripple in his heart at the admiration in the women's eyes.
He had received such gazes countless times over hundreds of years.
"Alright, with this matter concluded, I'll be taking my leave now."
With that, Nan Li walked forward, continuously playing the erhu, and then his entire being disappeared from the sight of everyone present.
"Hmm? Where did Sir Ju Feng go?"
Only Louis didn't know where Nan Li had gone.
"Mr. Nan... Ju Feng, he, he returned to... his own World."
Monica had originally intended to say "Nan Li," but remembering what someone had just said, she immediately corrected herself.
At this moment, Louis put on an expression of great shock.
"Returned to his own World? Is he not from our World?"
"Yes." Monica nodded her head.
She began to stammeringly explain the Chat Group and the Myriad Worlds, but due to her extremely socially anxious personality, she explained too slowly.
So, this task was handed over to Fujiwara Chika.
After listening, Louis felt his entire worldview and values shatter.
"A Chat Group? H-how can such a miraculous thing exist? And then there are you people from different other Worlds."
"It seems my esteemed colleague has truly had a very peculiar encounter..."
... [Congratulations to group member 'Nan Li' for earning 6000 points. Evaluation: This man is as fast as ever.]
[Congratulations to group member 'Sword Saintess' for earning 5500 points. Evaluation: Slices monsters like tofu.]
[Congratulations to group member 'Strongest Dark Elf' for earning 2500 points. Evaluation: There was damage, but not much.]
[Congratulations to group members 'The Gray Witch' and 'Genos' for earning 1500 points. Evaluation: Failed to penetrate enemy armor.]
[Congratulations to group member 'Silent Witch' for earning 1000 points. Evaluation: Master of human body outlining.]
[Congratulations to group members 'Fujiwara Chika' and 'Little City Lord of Wuxiang City' for earning 200 points. Evaluation: The scenery of the other World is very beautiful.]
[The anomaly of this group mission was discovered and reported to this group by group member 'Silent Witch', receiving an additional 500 points reward.]
With the end of the Chat Group's notification messages, it signified that the rewards for this mission had been settled.
Nan Li, who had already returned to the Honkai Star Rail World and was on the Minghuo Merchant Troupe's merchant ship, checked his points and found he had 11,400.
Without much hesitation, he went and exchanged for the wondrous item, Ten Light-Years Is Not Too Late.
After deducting 10,000 points, Nan Li only had 1,400 points left.
To be honest, the Chat Group was quite thoughtful.
If a group member exchanged items with points from the mall, even if they only spent 100 points, they would automatically be provided with a system space to store items.
Of course, this system space was only for storing items produced by the Chat Group.
Taking an ultradistance bullet from the system space, Nan Li held it up and examined it carefully.
Then he picked up a revolver holstered at his waist and quickly loaded the bullet into it.
"This shot, I grant it to you!"
As Nan Li spoke, he held up the revolver and struck a pose towards the room door.
Just then, the doorknob suddenly turned, and then the door opened, with a head poking out from outside.
"Nan Li, let's go, eat..."
The person who came was Jing Yuan, and his voice abruptly stopped.
Seeing that he was about to pull out his jade amulet to take a picture of someone, the latter quickly stood still.
Then he slowly unloaded the ultradistance bullet from the revolver and threw it into the Chat Group's system space.
"Let's go, Jing Yuan, let's go eat."
He acted as if nothing had happened, re-holstering the revolver at his waist, and then called Jing Yuan to go eat together.
Seeing this, Jing Yuan, full of regret, had no choice but to put away his jade amulet.
Darn it!
He almost recorded someone's embarrassing moment.
When Nan Li came out of the room, before going to the restaurant, he thoroughly checked if the room door was locked.
Considering that Huàn Lóng might be eavesdropping somewhere, Nan Li used the power of the mask of elation to allow him and Jing Yuan to converse in their minds.
"By the way, Jing Yuan, our expenses along the way should be reimbursed, right?"
"Yes, why do you ask?"
"Nothing, I'm just confirming. Speaking of which, do you have money to eat now? You're not planning to freeload off me, are you?"
Remembering that Jing Yuan didn't have money to split the hotpot bill last time, Nan Li felt it was necessary to ask here.
However, Jing Yuan's subsequent answer greatly surprised him.
"Don't worry about that, before we set off, I borrowed some from Helmsman Yukong."
"Six hundred and sixty-six, I really want to see the look in Yukong's eyes at that time."
"Cough cough, no choice, I was really short on cash, haha."
Perhaps to match the mood, Nan Li played a sad tune for Jing Yuan on his erhu.
Unbeknownst to the two of them, in a certain corner, someone was currently staring intently at their retreating figures.
"Sea Ranger? I hope you don't ruin my plans."
With that, he disappeared around the corner of the corridor... [The Gray Witch: Waaah... I only got 1500 points this time, I'm so unwilling.]
[Genos: I also only have 1500 points. I don't know when I'll be able to save 5000 points for Teacher Saitama to exchange for a Chat Group invitation letter for him.]
[Strongest Dark Elf: Fortunately, I dealt effective damage, otherwise I would be like you two.]
[Fujiwara Chika: Pfft, I get 200 points every time and I haven't said anything.]
[Little City Lord of Wuxiang City: Me too, points are so hard to get for people with low strength like us.]
Some group members began to complain in the group.
It's worth mentioning that, except for Nan Li who returned to his own World, the other group members were still in Monica's World helping the disaster victims.
Nan Li, who was dining, could also spare some attention to the matters in the Chat Group.
After some thought, Nan Li decided to make a suggestion to the Chat Group.
In fact, every group member could do this, just like Nan Li previously reported the anomaly of the Sword Saintess.
[Nan Li: Regarding group members staying in the mission World to conduct post-disaster aid activities, should the Chat Group provide corresponding point rewards?]
[Chat Group: Please group member 'Nan Li' provide a reason.]
[Nan Li: Disasters are all caused by those 'anomalies', and group members staying to help with post-disaster reconstruction is also to let that World return to normal sooner, isn't it?]
After sending the message, the Chat Group did not respond immediately.
After waiting for about five or six seconds, the Chat Group popped up a notification in the public channel.
[Chat Group: Regarding group member 'Nan Li''s suggestion, this group has adopted it.]
[Chat Group: During the mission period, if group members stay to conduct post-disaster reconstruction activities, the Chat Group will provide corresponding rewards based on their respective contributions, capped at 500 points, and a minimum of 100 points.]
[Chat Group: This reward mechanism takes effect immediately.]
Perhaps most of the group members in the Chat Group did good deeds not for reward.
But Nan Li still wanted to fight for them.
Good deeds go unrewarded? That won't do!
Even Confucius himself expressed disapproval of doing good deeds without seeking reward.
During the Spring and Autumn period, the State of Lu had a law stating that if any person from Lu was captured and enslaved by another state, anyone who paid to redeem these people could receive a reward from the government.
Confucius's student, Zigong, was very wealthy. He redeemed captured people back to Lu but refused to accept the reward, saying it was doing good without seeking recompense.
Afterward, Confucius criticized Zigong for doing wrong.
Because Zigong's selfless act led to a significant decrease in the redemption of slaves in Lu afterward.
Another disciple of Confucius, Zilu, saw a person fall into the water and saved him.
That person then sent a cow to thank Zilu, and Zilu not only didn't refuse but gladly accepted it.
Upon learning this, Confucius praised him with satisfaction.
If doing good deeds brings rewards, then more people will do good deeds, and this World will become even better.
[The Gray Witch: Oh oh oh! Awesome! @Nan Li]
[Strongest Dark Elf: Master, you are indeed the best! I will pledge my loyalty to you!]
[Fujiwara Chika: Waaah... Mr. Nan Li's kindness is endless!]
[Little City Lord of Wuxiang City: Young Master Nan Li, this is a great act of kindness!]
[Genos: Thank you, Mr. Nan Li, for your righteous act! @Nan Li]
[Sword Saintess: Mr. Nan Li can even think of benefits for group members. It seems I am still immature and need to learn much more.]
[Silent Witch: Worthy... of learning!]
For this sudden move by Nan Li, the group members praised him one after another.
And because of the Chat Group's new reward mechanism, they worked even harder to rescue people and rebuild after the disaster in Monica's World.