People are in Star Iron; who says they're just NPCs?

The Black Tower Lady, who had lost her name, was now just a pretty girl nestled in Lin Li's arms, unwilling to leave! "Are you alright?" Lin Li asked with a smile.

"No... I can't take it anymore!" After such a long period of high-intensity combat, and several attempts to reach the sky, Black Tower finally realized the reality that it was far too difficult for her to defeat Lin Li in this aspect.

That evil dragon has clearly gone through so many outbursts, yet it has regained its strength. Doesn't it need to rest?! Black Tower looked at Lin Li as if he were a monster.

"You're a bit weak, Ta Bao~" Lin Li wasn't finished and continued to tease her with his words.

However, this time Ta Bao was truly at his limit. He remained unmoved by Lin Li's provocations, and the fighting spirit that had just been ignited was completely extinguished by Lin Li's scorching liquid!

"My husband... is the best!"

When he said those words, Tabao was truly convinced.

She was still thinking how lucky she was to have Estella as a teammate, otherwise how could she possibly handle him alone? But as Estella's teacher, the thought of serving the same man as her student was just too shameful! Hearing Black Tower limply admit defeat, Lin Li's sense of accomplishment instantly soared!

He picked up the completely exhausted Tabao and carried him to a cubicle attached to the office, placing him on the bed. "Get some rest if you're tired!"

This cubicle was a lounge that Black Tower had converted herself; the style was quite minimalist. She lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Lin Li switched to the Black Tower's perspective and discovered that after she fell asleep in the NPC world, she did not wake up in the real world; this time she was truly asleep.

This discovery further deepened Lin Li's understanding of this NPC world.

Sleep serves as a means of commuting between the two worlds most of the time and does not affect their normal rest.

But this doesn't mean they've been completely deprived of their right to sleep. When they're tired from playing in the NPC world, they can enter a deep sleep. Hmm, I'll have to work harder so the girls can continue to enjoy their right to sleep!

After cleaning the office with the [Clean] skill, Lin Li got dressed and leisurely turned on his phone. The Black Tower character card had been updated.

[Member: Black Tower] [Age: 18+]

[Affiliation: Genius Club]

[Status: Bonded] [Bond Level: 102]

[Operable functions: perspective sharing, real-time communication, reality mapping, shared perception, and simultaneous flight]

Black Tower's affection level has reached 102. She had four orgasms today. The first one was oral. Because the final step was not completed, the bond level is not 100.

The second time, the bond level was pushed to 100. The third and fourth times, the bond level was increased by one point each time. Lin Li was basically certain that after the bond level reached 100, it would increase by 1 point with each climax. As for what other functions would be available if the bond level was further increased, that would require further exploration.

Besides the increased bond level with Black Tower, what excited Lin Li even more was that he leveled up!

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Chapter 51 Kaffa Comes Knocking

[Congratulations, host, for raising the bond level of one of the recruited members to 100. You are rewarded with 500 experience points and 500 skill experience points.]

Raising the Black Tower's affinity level to 100 also granted an experience reward, just enough for Lin Li to level up. [Host: Lin Li]

[World Level: 2 (200/5000) [Destiny: World]

[Having accommodated destiny: wisdom]

【已掌握技能：【清理Ⅱ级】（0/1000）；【恢复Ⅱ级】（0/1000）【定身级】（0/500）】【未使用技能经验值：800】

Looking at his panel, Lin Li was stunned for a moment. [World] Fate?

As a veteran Star Iron player, he was quite certain that this destiny did not exist in the Star Iron universe, so this was a completely new destiny, and this destiny that had been included was also worth exploring in detail.

The ability to accept other destinies should be one of the great powers of the [world]'s destinies. A complete world should have various different destinies, so this explanation makes sense.

Black Tower had once told Lin Li her guess that the NPC world was at least one level higher than the Star God, which perfectly confirmed Lin Li's guess at this moment.

A world capable of accommodating diverse destinies is naturally a level above other destinies. As for how this world's destinies could develop and expand, Lin Li pondered for a moment and began to have some ideas.

First and foremost, it must accommodate other destinies. The more destinies it accommodates, the more perfect and powerful the world becomes—that's inevitable. However, the way it accommodates these destinies seems rather unorthodox!

The only path that can be accepted now is the path of knowledge. How did this path come about? We'll find out by looking at the Black Tower and Estelle. The Black Tower needs no introduction; she is the envoy of knowledge. As the Black Tower's student, it's not surprising that Estelle also chooses the path of knowledge.

Therefore, the method for accommodating this new destiny is self-evident. Just a thousand is enough!

Lin Li really liked this method!

Secondly, we should build an NPC world. The current NPC world is not perfect; there are only two areas where you can move around: the Black Tower Space Station and the Starry Sky Train.

Previously, he didn't know how to fly a spacecraft and couldn't explore other places. After the Black Tower arrived, the two of them tried to fly a spacecraft together to leave the space station and see if they could go to other places.

The attempt failed. As soon as the spacecraft left the space station's range, it was forcibly teleported back to the starting point. It was almost as if a flying sprite jumped out and said, "You can explore the area ahead later."

How could a mere space station be worthy of such a prestigious title as "the world"? Therefore, map exploration is an inevitable task, and Lin Li already has a general idea of ​​how to do it.

His gaze then fell upon the newly acquired skill, [Immobilize].

[Immobilize Level 1]: The host can immobilize the target creature, rendering it unable to move or resist, for half an hour. Can be used once a day!

This skill might sound like it overlaps with Lin Li's [Interaction] function for controlling people in the NPC world, but that's not the case. Lin Li keenly sensed that this skill shouldn't be used in the NPC world!

This is a skill that can be used in the real world!

[Interaction] While the functionality is powerful, it's limited to the NPC world. In the real world, a panel won't appear on other players' characters.

Let him interact with it.

Lin Li decisively upgraded it, increasing the daily usage limit to twice.

Besides the visible improvements on the panel, Lin Li clearly felt that his physical fitness had also been greatly enhanced! He now felt full of power.

This is also why Ta Bao felt that Lin Li was getting stronger and stronger in battle. At that time, he had already completed his upgrade, and his physical attributes had improved, which also enhanced certain aspects of his abilities.

After taking stock of his gains, Lin Li left the Black Tower's office, intending to first see what Estelle was doing, and then go to the real world for a stroll. Having been in the NPC world for so long, Lin Li was finally able to visit the real world, and he was a little excited.

But as soon as he arrived at the door of his new residence, a charming and alluring urban woman stood gracefully, quietly watching him.

Kafka has been working very hard lately, but life is still not easy for the Star Core Hunters.

These past few days she's been constantly visiting the NPC world, wandering around the space station, actually scouting the terrain and looking for opportunities to get close to the Star Treasure.

This idea was actually quite good. If it weren't for Lin Li's interference, they would most likely have succeeded. But unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".

With Lin Li's all-seeing eyes watching them, their every move was no secret to him.

Whenever they conduct a thorough investigation and develop a detailed plan to implement it, they discover that the other side seems to have a pair of eyes watching them and has already prepared countermeasures.

Moreover, their landing spot was not safe either, and they would be found every now and then, but the people on the space station did not seem to have a strong desire to capture them.

Each time, it was all bark and no bite, as if they weren't there to arrest them, but rather to tell them to move. After this happened several times, Kafka finally realized what was going on.

The other party did this deliberately to disrupt their meeting with Xingbao; their desire to apprehend the wanted criminal was actually less strong. Working backward from this, the mastermind behind all this is very likely Lin Li!

Since no one else had a sufficient reason to stop them from seeing Xingbao, if the concern was about the Star Core Hunters, then more experts should have been sent to surround and eliminate them.

To be honest, Kafka was getting a little anxious. The Star Core Hunter was a wanted criminal in the galaxy, especially since the Interstellar Peace Corporation had offered an astronomical bounty.

Black Tower had lost interest in capturing them, but it continued to deliberately cooperate with Lin Li to alert them, as too many people in the space station knew they hadn't left yet.

With so many people talking, the news could get out, and the company's pursuers might be on their way to the space station. If this drags on, even with Sam there, they might still be in danger.

They needed to see Xingbao as soon as possible, finish their business, and then leave quickly. In this situation, Kafka had only one last option—to find Lin Li!

"What brings you here today, Sister Kaffa?" Lin Li asked, a slight smile playing on her lips as she looked at Kaffa's deep gaze.

"Lin Li, though living in another world, has managed to have such a significant impact on the real world. He's truly played a very clever game." Kafka's lips curled slightly as she gracefully approached Lin Li.

"Um... what is sister saying? I don't quite understand?" Lin Li looked at her with an innocent expression.

"Hehe, it's nothing. I came to talk to you about that matter from before." Seeing that he was pretending to be clueless, Kafka didn't dwell on the issue and went straight to the point.

"Oh! You haven't seen Xingbao yet?"

Even Kafka, who was equally eccentric and liked to play pranks, felt a surge of anger when she saw Lin Li's annoyingly feigned surprise.

Whether we saw them or not, don't you know perfectly well in your heart?

"The space station is heavily defended, so we can't directly confront Ms. Black Tower, therefore..."

“I understand. The Star Core Hunters are renowned throughout the world. If you really want to get serious, the space station can't stop you. But you need to leave a good impression on Star Baby, am I right?”

"Lin Li's younger brother really understands us thoroughly."

"Thank you for the compliment, but my conditions will not change. Have you thought it through, Sister Kaffa?"

I'm only posting one chapter today. I've been posting 8,000 words a day for a long time, and I'm really struggling to keep up.

So I've decided to give myself a short break. Today I'll only update one chapter of each of my two books. From now on, I might randomly give myself one or two days off each month by updating one less chapter.

The date is uncertain and depends on the situation, but it shouldn't exceed two days per month. I won't make up for the missed chapter. Any chapters missing for more than two days will be made up later. Hope you understand!

Finally, thank you to readers 382139820, Past, Present, and Future, and Solo for their monthly ticket support!

Chapter 52 Kavka's Silent Enjoyment

Faced with Lin Li's question, Kafka's eyes darted away unnaturally, and she said quietly, "Little brother Lin Li, can't you be a little more accommodating?" "Sorry, no, this is already quite a generous offer." Lin Li spread his hands and shrugged.

Kafka took a deep breath and finally nodded: "Okay! It's what you said, I'll be your girlfriend, and you'll let me see Xing!"

Before coming to find Lin Li, Kafka had already mentally prepared herself. She was just trying to make a last-ditch effort, but Lin Li didn't budge, and she didn't have a better way out.

If it weren't for the fact that we couldn't beat him here!

Well, at least he's good-looking and fits my aesthetic. I can just break up with him after I've finished this business!

She only said she'd be his girlfriend, not that they couldn't break up. It's normal for boyfriends and girlfriends to break up if things don't work out, right? Kafka sighed inwardly, trying to console herself with that thought.

"Come in, what would you like to drink?" Lin Li opened the door and welcomed his new "girlfriend" into his new home. "Just a glass of water will do!" Kafka sat down on the sofa, looking relaxed and not particularly attentive.

She is a strong woman who has fought her way through the battlefield of life and death. Even if she suddenly has a boyfriend, it is not enough to shake her heart on the surface.

Lin Li knew perfectly well that the title of girlfriend alone could not restrain a free-spirited girl like Kafka, but with this title, many things would become legitimate.

Moreover, her willingness to agree to this condition was itself the beginning of compromise. The Black Tower and Estádio had already proven that there are only zero times or countless times when it comes to compromise. Once compromise begins, the fall is not far away.

Having just conquered an envoy of wisdom, Lin Li was now brimming with confidence.

He poured a glass of water and placed it on the coffee table in front of Kafka, then plopped down next to her.

The two were very close, and the faint fragrance emanating from Kafka lingered around Lin Li's nose, making him slightly distracted. He reached out and put his arm around Kafka's slender waist, gently pulling her into his embrace.

The mature and alluring woman's body stiffened for a moment, but she did not struggle.

Lin Li keenly noticed her reaction and couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. This woman, who looked alluring and seductive, was actually just an inexperienced fledgling.

"I've agreed to all your conditions, so when are you going to let me see her?" Kaffa, who was independent and strong, was not used to leaning on a man's arms for the first time, and her tone was a little unnatural.

She urged Lin Li again, sounding somewhat anxious.

"Sister, don't be in such a hurry. You've only verbally agreed to it, and you haven't shown any real action yet. How can I trust you? What if you want to break up with me after you've met him?" Lin Li said with a half-smile, leaning against the sofa with his beautiful woman in his arms.

Kafka felt a little guilty; she really did think that way!

Fortunately, she was leaning against Lin Li's chest at the moment, so he couldn't see Kafka's guilty look.

"Then how can you make me believe me and promise never to break up? Why do you want me to be your girlfriend? You might as well just marry me!" This was a deliberate attempt to provoke Lin Li.

Kafka, being incredibly intelligent, quickly realized that the reason Lin Li hadn't used force was that he wanted both her body and her heart.

She was confident that she wouldn't fall for him, which is why she agreed to the deal, and she also tried to use this to manipulate Lin Li.

Sure enough, Lin Li was stung by her provocation and softened her tone a bit: "There's no need to make such an agreement. If you really want to break up later, that's fine too. After all, we're just boyfriend and girlfriend, we're free to come and go, but—"

"But what?" Kafka was secretly pleased.

She was a master at manipulating people's hearts. Although she had never been in a relationship, she had a lot of experience in how to control men. Seeing Lin Li's attitude soften, she was immediately encouraged.

"But we're still in a proper boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, so we should at least do what boyfriends and girlfriends do, right?" Lin Li's lips curled slightly.

What softened attitude? It's clearly a strategic retreat, a prelude to their advance!

Lin Li was quite confident in his methods; he believed that with his help, Kafka would eventually forget about the breakup.

Kafka, who had been secretly delighted, suddenly stopped giggling. She stiffened, pursed her lips, and turned to look at Lin Li: "What... do you want to do?"

"Give me a kiss first!" Lin Li pointed to her lips, which still held a hint of a smile.

This request was still within Kafka's acceptable range, after all, she had kissed Lin Li last time, although it was just a quick touch, it still counted as a kiss.

At that time, she had a good impression of Lin Li, and felt sorry for him being all alone in this strange world, so she kissed him on a whim.

Looking back now, I regret it a little. Why did I sympathize with that bastard? He didn't show any mercy when he was tormenting the Star Core Hunters!

Now that things have come to this point, and we're already here, a kiss won't hurt!

Kafka quickly convinced herself. She squirmed in Lin Li's arms, turned to face him, and slowly moved closer to him under his ambiguous gaze.

Full, red lips covered Lin Li's lips once more, the warm, smooth touch sending a shiver through her.

Kafka's plan was the same as last time: to make a quick attack and then retreat. But just as she was about to repeat her old trick, Lin Li suddenly grabbed the back of her head, preventing her from escaping.