Excavation Princess suspected she had seen something wrong.
She retreated several steps, then rubbed her eyes hard, and when she opened them again, a person-high stone tablet still stood before her, and the words carved on it were still what she had just seen.
She was very sure that there was no such tablet in this alley a short while ago, which meant this tablet was newly erected, and it was erected by Lily, otherwise the inscription would not have been signed by Lily.
"Lily isn't dead?"
When this thought popped up, Excavation Princess's breathing hitched.
This discovery was completely beyond her expectation, yet it struck the truest desire in her heart.
After standing blankly for a while, she suddenly pinched her right thigh.
Now was not the time to be distracted; she had to quickly find a passerby NPC to ask about the specific situation, lest she rejoice for nothing.
Excavation Princess rushed out of the alley at top speed; her luck was quite good, as she only ran two streets before encountering a passing Scavenger.
She quickly stopped the Scavenger: "Hello, I am…"
The Scavenger was stunned: "Aren't you that Outsider who commanded us to retreat that day? So you didn't die after all. Lily was worried sick yesterday."
The moment she heard this, Excavation Princess let out a long sigh of relief, followed by an uncontrollable surge of excitement.
Hahahahaha, Lily really isn't dead!
She was trying her best to control herself, but the smile at the corner of her mouth simply couldn't be hidden.
"Could you tell me what happened these past two days? Also, where did Lily go? I just went to her house to look for her, but she wasn't there."
"It's like this…"
The Scavenger told Excavation Princess everything he knew.
Upon learning how Lily had reacted, believing the player had died and would never return, Excavation Princess couldn't help but be stunned.
If before she had always championed Lily primarily because Lily could bring her immense popularity and help her advance further in her career as a game UP streamer, now the situation was slightly different.
Although Lily was just an NPC, wasn't this much more heartwarming than many people she had encountered?
Her heart was touched.
In Excavation Princess's view, Lily was no longer just a simple NPC, but a virtual companion with whom she could truly exchange sincerity.
Damn it, I'm fired up!
Excavation Princess was now full of fighting spirit. After a day of lying low, now was the best time for the Dragon King to return and thoroughly settle scores with those who had mocked her!
After bidding farewell to the Scavenger, she immediately opened her live stream.
…
In Star Wanderer Community, in a post discussing whether Lily was dead or not, players were idly chatting.
[Excavation Princess seems to have been hit hard this time; she hasn't shown her face for several hours.]
[No choice, who wouldn't be numb when encountering something like this?]
[The game has launched. Has anyone gone to confirm Lily's life or death?]
As they chatted, a new reply popped up.
[Excavation Princess is live! Everyone go watch!]
This shout immediately attracted a large number of mischief-makers and players who liked Lily. They swarmed over, so much so that within just two or three minutes of starting the broadcast, Excavation Princess's live stream had gathered tens of thousands of people.
The surging players found something was amiss. Excavation Princess sat on a stone, her face tense, neither speaking nor making any unnecessary movements; she was just playing a video.
All the videos she played were related to Lily, and they were played in chronological order.
From being rescued by Lily in the alley, to cooperating with Lily to jointly defeat Big Bro Biao, to haphazardly receiving a mission to assassinate Lily, to Lily being forced by Mark to kill the player, to Lily risking exposure to remind the player at the stronghold…
[What is Excavation Princess doing?]
[Is this a new era of performance art, a cyber memorial hall?]
The onlookers were utterly confused, but no matter how puzzled, they continued to watch, just wanting to see what Excavation Princess was up to.
As the scenes flashed by one after another, the emotions in the live stream finally began to stir.
[Excavation Princess, my condolences.]
[What a pity, how could Lily just die?]
[Ahhh, damn you Truth Society, I will fight you to the death!]
Until the scene where Lily smiled, handed the Induced bait (lure bait) to Patrick Star, then jumped off the pickup truck and single-handedly stopped over thirty Changelings flashed across the screen, Excavation Princess's face was already full of emotion.
[To be honest, not long ago, I, like everyone else, thought this was the end of the story. Lily appeared like a ray of light, and finally transformed into a stream of light saving the Abandoned Cooling Plant before departing. Although this story was short, it at least had a beginning and an end and was touching. However…]
She suddenly stopped talking, stood up, and walked to a small alley.
[You must not know what I found here.]
This remark piqued the players' curiosity.
They followed Excavation Princess's footsteps and began to explore the alley. As they walked, they discovered a stone tablet in the middle of the alley.
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