Survival for all, my island is the last pure land on earth.

Dipping Beans didn't expect that this would allow Jin Xiaoman to turn the tables: "Is my bloodline as pure as yours? Your eye sockets are all black from being punched."

Jin Xiaoman gestured with her hand to indicate the dark circles under her eyes: "That's the truth."

"Aren't you childish, Jin Xiaoman?"

"You're the childish one."

"You're naive."

"You're naive."

The squirrel silently jumped to the ground, choosing to stay away from the two people whose combined age automatically increased to forty and decreased by twenty upon meeting.

Zhan Dou rolled her eyes, seemingly unintentionally, and punched Jin Xiaoman in the back as she brushed past her.

Jin Xiaoman turned around and squatted down, delivering a sweeping leg kick.

Zhan Dou jumped up and crashed into Jin Xiaoman.

As a result, A-Ye scooped him into her arms and held him tightly, saying, "Don't fall, sir."

Dipping Bean struggled to no avail, feeling a little embarrassed, and tactically cleared his throat: "Ah Ye, do you know you're taking sides?"

A-Ye: "That's how it should be."

She turned her head: "Mandarin, dinner is ready."

"OK."

Jin Xiaoman dusted herself off and calmly walked to the dining table, not forgetting to taunt, "Little panda, you still want to be held when it's time to eat, how embarrassing."

"Ugh, Jin Xiaoman, so annoying!"

Jin Xiaoman picked up the squirrel from the ground, looked up, and smiled as she walked away.

Today's breakfast included scallion pancakes, steamed sweet potatoes, soft-boiled eggs, and other staple foods. Ah Ye also stir-fried some vegetables and cooked a pot of porridge.

Jin Xiaoman felt a bit uncomfortable in her stomach after drinking "too much" last night, but eating such a big meal made her feel much better.

She leaned back in the chair and let the squirrel rub her belly.

Dipping Beans couldn't stand seeing Jin Xiaoman so comfortable, and said in a cheeky tone, "I dreamt about you, and you were standing..."

Jin Xiaoman raised her hand to interrupt: "Sorry, my sexual orientation is normal."

Dipping Beans: "..."

"Did I hurt your feelings? It's my fault; I was too blunt in my rejection. But I believe that feelings should be clearly stated..."

Dipping Bean really didn't want to listen to Jin Xiaoman's nonsense anymore, so she spoke very quickly: "I had a dream that I was surrounded by water, and you were standing on a lone boat, holding a lantern, gazing into the distance."

Jin Xiaoman: "Next is the floods, which doesn't sound like anything wrong with that."

Dipping Beans smiled and held up a finger: "But before that, on that lonely boat, there were two of you."

Jin Xiaoman hugged the squirrel tightly, then suddenly sat up: "Are you getting presbyopia? Should I get you some glasses?"

"Believe it or not, I'm an S-rank item, how could I possibly malfunction?"

"So, the two of me look exactly alike?"

Now it was Zhan Dou's turn to lie on her back, arms crossed, and say haughtily, "I don't know."

Jin Xiaoman leaned closer: "Shall I deduct the rent for those two ironwood trees that were added?"

Dipping Beans: "Sorry, I'm sexually normal, and such low-level tactics won't please me."

"Three trees?"

Jin Xiaoman held up five fingers, her face serious: "I can only reduce it by five trees at most, no less."

Pretending not to hear, she turned her head and said, "Ah Ye, isn't there a saying that goes, 'Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river'?"

Jin Xiaoman gritted her teeth: "Seven trees."

Dipping Beans: "You little punk, trying to mess with me?"

Jin Xiaoman took a deep breath and said, "I'll hold back."

Dipping Beans: "Let me make this clear first, what I dreamt about was just a fragment."

"The first scene is a vast expanse of water all around. I can see that most of the trees around are submerged, and the sky is incredibly gloomy. You are standing on a raft, holding a rather pretty lantern, as if you are waiting for someone."

"In the second scenario, far, far behind you, there is a pair of green eyes watching you. At the same time, a terrifying energy is about to attack you. I'm sure if you get hit, you'll most likely lose half your life."

Dipped Beans gloated: "Number one on the leaderboard, think carefully about who you've offended lately? Players, or those terrifying beings in the forest?"

Jin Xiaoman went through it in her mind; she hadn't caused any trouble recently.

Whether it's the player or the forest, besides...

Jin Xiaoman looked at the peas and asked, "Is there any more?"

Dipping Beans: "The third scene is amazing. There are two of you. One is wearing the same black combat uniform as you are now. The other is wearing a white robe with a hood, covering you from head to toe, only revealing your face, but I can see clearly that it is your face."

"Personally, I feel that the one in black is you, and the one in white is someone with your face on their clothes, but it's definitely not you."

"I don't know how to describe the atmosphere between you two at the time, but it was definitely strange."

Dipping Beans tried hard to recall: "You two seem to know each other, but the one in the white shirt is very irritable, like she's about to kill someone at any moment."

"Oh right, you, the one in black, all wet, like you just climbed out of the water."

Just climbed out of the water?

That's because I was hit by that blue energy.

Jin Xiaoman: "Is there anything else?"

Dipping Beans shook his head and honestly replied, "That's all."

"Is it really gone?"

"That's it. How much longer do you want to stay in my dreams?"

"That's good." Jin Xiaoman reached out and pinched Zhan Dou's neck: "The only bad thing I've done lately is blowing up your safe house. You must have been the one who ambushed me from the shadows."

Dipping Beans was genuinely surprised by this situation: "Wow, Jin Xiaoman, you really are... crossing the river and burning the bridge..."

Diptych struggled and tried to grab Jin Xiaoman's neck too: "Then how do you explain having two of you?"

Seeing that Jin Xiaoman was gaining the upper hand, A-Ye didn't intervene and asked from the side, "Lord Man, could it be some kind of tool or talent?"

Dipping Beans: "No, I can clearly feel that it is another person with your full human face, definitely not a fake person created by props or skills."

Jin Xiaoman remembered the disguise pill she bought at the auction. Her eyes swept over the dipping bean. Could it be that she had given that thing to her?

Why?

Jin Xiaoman was completely baffled, but she also knew the strangeness of the dipping sauce prop; no matter how she tried to avoid it, or in any form, the event was bound to happen.

Strictly speaking, that particular moment in the scene was bound to happen.

Jin Xiaoman: "The rent has risen back to the price of twenty ironwood trees."

Dipping Beans Dipping Beans gives the middle finger: "You son of a bitch, if I ever tell you about my dream again, I'll be a dog."

Jin Xiaoman stood up: "You will, because I'm rich, little puppy~~"

Dipping Beans: "..."

She was so angry, but it was the truth. So far, she had never met a player richer than Jin Xiaoman.

Dip-Dou angrily rushed into the yard, picked a big watermelon, and cut it open to eat on the spot.

Jin Xiaoman pretended not to see it, went back to her bedroom and rummaged through the storage box, looking for the Wild Armor she had taken off a few days ago, hoping it could help her withstand some damage.

A-Ye comforted Jin Xiaoman: "Sir, perhaps things aren't so bad. Please don't worry."

Jin Xiaoman calmed down after putting it on, partly due to her trust in Sisyphus and partly due to her composure in the face of unavoidable circumstances: "What is meant to be will be. If it's a blessing in disguise, it's not a curse; if it's a curse, you can't escape it. Just work hard these days and improve your three stats."

In terms of preparation, it's about increasing defense value as much as possible.

...........