As someone in sequence 001, I also want to give up today.

Li Xian lay on his sofa at home, adjusting himself into the most comfortable position.

comfortable.

Australia is such a terrible place. The sun is so strong it can make you sweat, and the air is so dry it can be used as sandpaper. There's not even a place to sit.

Unlike at home, where there's a soft sofa, a chubby orange as a cushion, and a little goldfish that smells sweet.

He yawned, and his consciousness began to fade.

Then--

Ding dong.

Doorbell rang.

Li Xian opened his eyes, glanced at the ceiling, and didn't move.

Ding dong ding dong ding dong.

The doorbell rang three times in a row, like a death knell.

Li Xian took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

He really didn't want to move.

But he knew that the person who could ring the doorbell so confidently couldn't be the delivery guy—the delivery guy rang the doorbell twice and left when no one answered.

It wasn't Li Yu either—she had the key.

It wasn't Chen Zhe either—that kid would send the message first.

Li Xian sighed, got up from the sofa, shuffled to the door in his slippers, and opened it.

A young man wearing a purple trench coat and with silver-white hair shimmering in the sunset stood outside the door.

Lin Mo.

He was carrying a bag and had that signature, enigmatic smile on his face.

"Oh, you're home?" Lin Mo's tone was as relaxed as if he were strolling through a market. "I thought you weren't home, so I was going to wait by the door for a while."

Li Xian looked at him and remained silent for two seconds.

"Why are you here?"

"It was on my way." Lin Mo shook the bag in his hand. "I bought some fruit and thought since you were home, I came to check on you."

Li Xian glanced down at the bag of fruit.

Oranges, apples, and bananas—the most common kind you find in supermarkets.

"Should we take a detour from the General Administration to Jiangcheng?" he asked.

"Oh, don't be so formal."

Lin Mo had already squeezed through the door quite naturally.

"Since you're a guest, won't you invite me to sit down?"

Li Xian watched his smooth and efficient movements, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

This person is really... overly friendly.

He closed the door and followed him back to the living room.

Lin Mo had already sat down on the sofa very consciously.

He put the bag of fruit on the coffee table, crossed his legs, and looked around.

"The place isn't big, but it's kept quite clean."

He commented.

"This cat..."

He glanced at the chubby orange cat squatting on the balcony, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Rank B? I heard you fought the Rat King for quite a while and didn't fall behind. Impressive! What kind of feed did you eat?"

Fat Orange glanced at him lazily, without moving.

Li Xian sat down on the single sofa opposite him, without saying a word, just looking at him.

Lin Mo felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze and touched his nose.

Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my face?

"No," Li Xian said. "I just wanted to know, you came all the way from the capital just to bring me a bag of fruit?"

Lin Mo smiled.

He leaned back, shifting to a more comfortable position, his tone still relaxed: "What, can't you come see your friends if there's nothing wrong?"

"Are we friends?"

"Why doesn't it count?"

Lin Mo looked completely at ease.

"Last time in Beijing, I helped you out of Dr. Zhao's predicament, have you forgotten?"

Li Xian thought about it and realized that there was indeed such a thing.

"Alright," he nodded. "So, friend, what is it?"

Lin Mo did not answer immediately.

He picked up an orange from the coffee table and began to peel it slowly and carefully, removing every single white pith.

Li Xian watched him peel it.

After peeling it, Lin Mo broke off a segment, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and nodded: "This orange is good, sweet."

Li Xian: "..."

He took a deep breath, resisting the urge to teleport the person away immediately.

Lin Mo swallowed the orange segment and finally spoke.

"When I came here today," he said, his tone still relaxed, but his eyes becoming more serious, "I glanced at your causal lines."

Li Xian didn't speak.

"That line..." Lin Mo paused, "...seems to have circled around from Australia."

There was a two-second silence in the living room.

Li Xian leaned back on the sofa, his expression unchanged.

"Australia?" he said. "That's quite far."

"It's quite far." Lin Mo nodded. "I'd be exhausted even flying here, let alone walking."

He broke off another segment of orange and put it in his mouth.

"But then again, you're pretty fast."

He seemed nonchalant.

"I checked the timeline of those remnants of the Divine Group who were brought back... From Jiangcheng to Australia, and then back from Australia, it seems like it didn't take more than two hours?"

Li Xian did not deny it.

Lin Mo didn't press the matter.

He peeled another segment of orange and handed it to Li Xian this time: "Try it, it's really sweet."

Li Xian took it and put it in his mouth.

It is indeed sweet.

"The rats," Li Xian said, chewing on an orange, "I took care of them while I was at it."

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow: "By the way?"

"Hmm." Li Xian nodded. "When we found that outpost, we discovered there was another large one over there. So we went to take a look."

Lin Mo looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

Li Xian took out his phone from his pocket, opened a coordinate, and turned the screen towards Lin Mo.

"This location," he said, "is in the Australian outback, the big one is over there. You can go there and check it again."

Lin Mo glanced at the coordinates on the screen but didn't ask any further questions.

He returned the phone and nodded: "Okay, I'll have someone check it out later."

Then he continued peeling oranges.

The living room was quiet for a few more seconds.

Lin Mo suddenly said, "Your cat is really a B-grade?"

Li Xian glanced at the chubby orange cat still lazily sprawled on the balcony: "Hmm."

"How did you raise it?"

"It was raised casually."

Lin Mo smiled, shook his head, and didn't ask any more questions.

After peeling the last orange segment, he clapped his hands and suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, do you play video games?"

Li Xian was taken aback.

This topic changed so suddenly.

"Hit," he said. "Occasionally."

"Want to play Superpower Legends?"

"Um... play."

Lin Mo's eyes lit up: "Which district?"

"District One".

"Holy crap, me too!" Lin Mo immediately pulled out his phone. "Add me as a friend! What's your ID?"

Li Xian also took out his phone, opened the game, and went to his personal profile page.

ID: Bored out of my mind.

Lin Mo leaned closer for a look, then froze.

He looked up at Li Xian, his expression becoming somewhat subtle.

"Your ID..." he said, "is it... that one... 'Bored Out of His Mind'?"

Li Xian nodded: "What, you've heard of it?"

Lin Mo remained silent for two seconds.

Then he silently turned his phone screen around.

ID: Ink-dyed Galaxy.

Li Xian stared at the ID, stunned. Why did it look so familiar?

He looked up at Lin Mo.

The two stared at each other for three seconds.

A subtle awkwardness hung in the air.

"Um..." Lin Mo spoke first, his voice sounding somewhat unnatural.

"About a few months ago, when you were running a dungeon, did you get matched with a mage who just coasted through the entire final boss fight?"

Li Xian recalled for a moment.

It seems... that's true.

He originally thought he could just leave the game running unattended.

With his skill, he can easily dodge the BOSS's skills, and even four people can fight him.

Suddenly, the mage who was AFK started moving, randomly casting spells and attracting a bunch of monsters.

The entire team was wiped out.

His teammates were so angry that they turned on their microphones and cursed for a full three minutes.

Li Xian was different; he was too lazy to curse, so he simply took a screenshot and posted it on the game forum.

The monk came looking for him right after that post.

I gave him a good dressing down, but he immediately blocked me.

The mage behind him even used several alt accounts to hurl insults at him for three days, though none of them were very damaging.

Li Xian glanced at Lin Mo's ID again.

I glanced at my ID again.

She glanced at Lin Mo's expression again.

Then he silently put away his phone and looked out the window.

"The weather is nice today," he said.

Lin Mo also looked out the window and nodded in agreement: "Yeah, it's pretty good."

The chubby orange cat on the balcony raised its head, glanced at the two people, and then lazily lay back down.

Humans are truly strange creatures.

"Um..." Lin Mo cleared his throat, "There was an urgent mission at the station, and I was suddenly called away while I was on the job. So..."

"Oh." Li Xian nodded. "I understand."

"That post..."

"I'll delete it later."

"Thanks."

There was another five seconds of silence.

Lin Mo suddenly burst out laughing.

"Damn," he laughed and shook his head, "our fate is truly... amazing."

Li Xian couldn't help but laugh.

That's really brilliant.

The person who had been cyberbullied by him was sitting casually on his sofa at home, eating oranges and chatting.

"Alright, alright," Lin Mo waved his hand.

"Let's not talk about the past. Come on, I see you also play Superpower King on your account. Let's add each other as friends and queue up together sometime."

The two became friends and exchanged VV accounts.

Lin Mo glanced at his match history and clicked his tongue twice: "Such a high win rate? Are you playing in a premade team?"

Solo queue.

"A 95% win rate in solo queue?" Lin Mo looked up at him. "Are you cheating?"

Li Xian thought for a moment and answered seriously, "No. It's just that I react faster, operate more accurately, and have better awareness."

Lin Mo: "..."

You call this "a little"?

He then looked through Li Xian's hero pool and found that this person played every position, knew every hero, and had an absurdly high win rate for each one.

"You..." Lin Mo paused for a moment.

"Can you take me with you next time you play ranked?"

Li Xian glanced at him.

I'm reminded of that mage who "randomly used skills".

Lin Mo immediately raised his hand: "I promise! That was an accident! I'm very strong now!"

Li Xian thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, let's do it together sometime."

Lin Mo was satisfied.

The atmosphere between the two became much more relaxed.

Lin Mo leaned back on the sofa, crossed his legs, and began to chat about his gaming experiences.

"Let me tell you, that new mage hero, 'Astral Witch,' is practically tailor-made for me! Her passive skill is 'Causal Prediction,' which lets me see the enemy's movements in advance. I'm incredibly skilled at playing her..."

"You call that prediction?" Li Xian said expressionlessly. "You call that cheating by taking advantage of your abilities."

"Hey, you can't say that. I worked hard to awaken my causal abilities, so why can't I use them?"

"Using your skills to play games, how can you be so shameless?"

Lin Mo looked at him and narrowed his eyes: "You think I don't know? Your 'Salted Fish Never Turns Over' account operates so fast it's like you're using a script. No wonder you have such a high win rate. I suspected you weren't normal back then."

Lin Mo sneered, looking like he had Li Xian in his grasp.

"I just checked, and it turns out you're clearly using telekinesis to multitask—controlling the hero, calculating the enemy's skill cooldowns, and analyzing the positions of all five enemy players simultaneously, right?"

Li Xian: "...That's my innate talent."

"Gifted my foot! You're cheating!"

"And what about you? Isn't your 'cause-and-effect prediction' also cheating?"

"I made good use of my strengths."

"What a coincidence, me too."

The two stared at each other for three seconds.

Then Lin Mo stood up and rolled up his sleeves.

"No way, we have to settle this today!" He pulled out his phone. "Let's have a solo match! The loser has to call me daddy!"

Li Xian also stood up and took out his phone.

"Okay, don't cry if you lose."

The two sat back on the sofa, their phone screens lit up, and their fingers flew across the screen.

Five minutes later.

Lin Mo stared at his grayed-out screen and fell silent.

Li Xian put down his phone, picked up his teacup, and took a sip.

"One more round!" Lin Mo protested, "I was careless just now!"

Five minutes later.

Lin Mo fell silent again.

This is not scientific; I've already pushed my mental strength to the limit!

Li Xian took another sip of tea.

"Again!"

Eight minutes later.

Lin Mo tossed his phone onto the coffee table, slumped onto the sofa, and stared at the ceiling with a look of utter despair.

This time he even secretly used his superpowers, but he still suffered a crushing defeat.

"I'm not playing anymore," he said. "You're a monster. Playing games with you is too discouraging."

Li Xian put down his teacup, his tone still calm: "It's alright, you've improved since last time, at least you lasted three minutes longer."

Lin Mo: "…………"

Seeing his utterly hopeless expression, Li Xian took the initiative to speak up: "Your mage, if you practice your positioning and improve your awareness, you can climb the ranks."

Lin Mo waved his hand weakly: "I know, I know, you don't need to comfort me."

Lin Mo lay down for a while, then suddenly sat up and looked at Li Xian intently.

"Brother Li."

"Um?"

"You're a very interesting person," he said. "I like you."

Li Xian looked at him warily: "I'm heterosexual."

Lin Mo rolled her eyes: "I meant the kind of liking you have when you're friends! What are you thinking!"

"Oh, that's alright." Li Xian relaxed. "Making friends is fine, but nothing else."

Lin Mo was both amused and exasperated.

Why does this person talk so rudely?

But strangely enough, he wasn't offended at all.

On the contrary, I found it quite appealing.

He glanced out the window; it was already completely dark.

"What time is it?" he asked.

Li Xian glanced at his phone: "It's almost six o'clock."

Lin Mo sat up and stretched: "Okay, I'm off then. I still need to go to Australia to check out the coordinates you gave me."

He stood up, straightened his trench coat, and walked towards the door.

As he reached the door, he suddenly turned back.

"Li Xian".

"Um?"

Lin Mo looked at him, her tone unusually serious for a second: "That coordinates... whatever's over there, I'll pretend I didn't see it. You should also pretend you didn't see me come here today."

Li Xian nodded: "Understood."

Lin Mo laughed, reverting to his usual nonchalant attitude: "Alright, I'm off then. Call me in the game later."

"Um."

The door closed.

The living room returned to silence.

He sat back down on the sofa, picked up his phone, and looked at the newly added friend.

Ink stains the Milky Way.

The profile picture is a purple cat, and it's pretty flashy.

He thought for a moment and sent a message to his new friend:

"Remember to bring headphones next time you play ranked, so you don't get called away halfway through the game."

Three seconds later, the other party replied:

"roll."

Li Xian smiled.