Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

"What? You just went to China and you turned gay?!"

On the phone, Menloka's voice sounded increasingly confused.

"What do you know?"

"She deserves it!"

"She deserves it!"

"ha?"

"Beep beep beep—"

"Beep beep beep..."

There was no time to explain much to Menloka. As Mekalin watched Anlan slowly approaching, she couldn't help but swallow a few times!

"An Lan! Ugh! An Ran! May I take off your headscarf?"

Yan Ying rubbed her hands together and walked forward with great interest!

"No, no, no!"

"Yan Ying, you can't handle this! Let me do it!"

Liu Xuan grabbed Yan Ying's arm and reached out to remove An Lan's headscarf.

Remove the headscarf.

At the wedding, only the groom has the right to remove the bride's headscarf. In a way, removing An Ran's headscarf seems to make him her man.

So much so that...

Liu Xuan and Yan Ying's faces were flushed, and they were eager to try.

"I'll do it! It has to be me!"

Ignoring everything else, Mikalin grabbed Liu Xuan's leg and dragged her backward.

"I'll do it!"

"I'll do it!"

"It has to be me!"

"..."

Seeing the three women entangled together, the situation spiraling out of control, An Lan reached up and removed the silk scarf from her head, looking at them with a strange expression: "Is... this really necessary?"

"No--!!!"

"..."

He took off his headscarf, as if he had let the three women's anger dissipate!

The three of them immediately collapsed to the ground, completely losing the will to get up again.

An Lan rolled her eyes at them, finding the wedding dress too cumbersome, and went back to the fitting room to take it off and have the shop assistant wrap it up for her.

Next...

It's probably because Anran Wedding Dress is such a big brand that the other three women were listless during the rest of the shopping trip.

After the day passed quickly, no one came to Anlan's house tonight.

After a few days of leisure, An Lan was occasionally dragged by Liu Xuan and the others to go shopping again, but he was still quite happy with it. In the [Love Hut], he collected several matching women's clothes.

Life went on uneventfully like this...

until--

About a week later, Anlan was holed up in the "Love Hut," avoiding Meikalin's harassment. She was scrolling through the latest international news on a tablet in her hand.

A large-scale search in Lebanon, the "Iron Tower Nation," uncovered a laboratory in the basement of an abandoned estate! It is reported that 132 human subjects used for experiments had died in this laboratory!

The Lebanese municipal government has definitively confirmed that the cult Ji Neng Hui is conducting human experiments there!

We will cooperate with other countries to make a full-scale arrest of all members of the Energy Acquisition Association!

A large-scale FBI raid uncovered a stronghold of the Energy Drinking Society in East Seattle, USA, resulting in the arrest of 425 members.

After interrogation, none of the 425 individuals revealed any other information about higher-ups in the Ji Neng Association!

[Yangliu in Nanhu Province of the Dragon Kingdom has been invaded by the "Dark Fairy Tale" instance, and residents of surrounding cities are being relocated! This instance is of S rank and has descended upon Beautiful Houston, Cherry Blossom Saikaido, and Shuko in the Cold Country!]

It has been reported that all four participants in the instance died within its confines! None survived!

【...】

Various kinds of information flashed by quickly. An Lan glanced at them casually, then frowned and began to think.

"It seems..."

"This week, we've gotten quite a few leads about the Energy Absorption Society from the Conquest Squad... Have they already destroyed two overseas bases?"

"However... we're beset by internal and external troubles..."

"The Energy Gathering Society hasn't been eliminated yet, and now the dungeon is in chaos again..."

An Lan tapped her fingers, just about to click on all the information about the [Dark Fairy Tale] dungeon...

"Beep beep beep—"

My phone vibrated in my pocket, something I hadn't done in a long time.

Looking down, I saw it was a number from northern Beijing!

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Long Ao.

"Feed?"

Without thinking, An Lan answered the phone.

"Hello! Is this Anlan?"

"I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?"

A familiar voice came from behind her, and An Lan raised an eyebrow: "I think I can guess!"

"Oh? Tell me about it?"

"The good news is, we managed to get some information out of the [Conquest] squad, right? It shouldn't be just about a few outposts?!"

"As expected of you! You knew it!"

"Excellent, thanks to you this time! From that 'Exploiter,' we learned that the 'Energy Absorption Society' is controlled by four major families. These four families have such a vast network of branches that it's impossible to know where to begin..."

"However, the [Energy Absorption Guild] has a fixed guild meeting time, always in [Houston]! And [Houston] is currently being corrupted by the dungeon 'Dark Fairy Tale,' so the [Energy Absorption Guild] definitely won't be going in anytime soon!"

"I was thinking, if we could undo the 'Dark Fairy Tale'... or understand the inevitable death rule within it, could we get some clues about the four major families from Houston?"

"Whoa—"

"So! The bad news is—you want me to go?"

An Lan's voice was neither warm nor cold, offering no clear emotional response.

On the other end of the phone, Long Ao chuckled awkwardly: "Hehehe... isn't it because our manpower is scattered? Zhao Kuo wants to capture the [Jineng Society] spy in Jingnan City, and on my side, Wen Lan has disappeared..."

There's another one who's already gone into the dungeon...

"I'm worried that the [Energy Absorption Society] is currently in the instance, so I'm hoping you can go and provide support, right?"

"Tsk..."

"What are the benefits?"

"Huh? What are the benefits?"

"If this happened in [Zhouchi City], I would definitely help without hesitation! But... last time I helped you rescue Mekalin and controlled so many [Energy Absorption Society] prisoners, I won't take credit. I'll just stay in the base for a few days!"

"You've come to me for help again, shouldn't you do something to show your appreciation?"

"this--"

"..."

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Long Ao probably didn't expect that An Lan wasn't actually that kind-hearted.

Mekalin was someone he knew, and she had treated him well, so he was happy to make the trip. But now, resolving the "Dark Fairy Tale" issue was a matter for the nation, and he certainly couldn't refuse on a moral level!

But it's only right that he wants a reward...

"Let me think..."

"Alright then! I'll make an exception and grant you this one privilege. You can go to [Zhouchi City - Base] and choose one more bizarre item! There's only one!"

"OK!"

Upon hearing this, An Lan immediately straightened up.

She stopped looking at the tablet and wasn't afraid anymore. With a "whoosh," she appeared in the second-floor bedroom of [6027].

"Oh, right!"

"The situation is rather urgent. Ideally, I'll use a [Dungeon Binding Scroll] to send you to Yang Liu's [Dark Fairy Tale] dungeon in about an hour. Jiang Lai has been camping there for days... You can find him and work together!"

"but..."

"It cannot be ruled out that other members of the Ji Neng Society may have entered the Yangliu area!"

"These..."

"You should understand, right?"

"Um--"

"Okay, see you in an hour then!"

After hanging up the phone, An Lan, undisturbed by Meka Lin, headed straight for the elevator on the -6 floor. Pressing the elevator button, she arrived directly at the Defense Force warehouse on the -8 floor.

Long Ao was indeed efficient; a quick glance at the densely packed storage cabinets revealed that all of them were now marked as "unlockable"...