Real world, Dongjiang City.

It was already evening, but this bustling city remained lively, with lights of various colors making it bright as day.

On the balcony of a tall building, a middle-aged man was embracing a young woman, whispering sweet nothings, and bold enough to take the next step.

Suddenly, a tall young figure appeared abruptly beside them, causing the woman facing that direction to let out a scream.

"What's wrong?"

The middle-aged man, holding the young woman, frowned and released her from his arms to ask, not recalling such an arrangement in the service he requested.

"Someone! There was someone behind you just now!"

The woman raised her hand to point behind the middle-aged man, her expression extremely astonished.

The man then turned around to look, only to find the balcony behind him empty, with nothing there.

"Where is anyone? I think you're getting more mischievous..."

The middle-aged man showed some confusion on his face, feeling a bit less interested in what he was doing.

Almost simultaneously, on the street below this tall building, Wang Zhifan's figure appeared as if the previous incident had nothing to do with him.

"Henceforth, I can't just casually pick a place to head to another world; I must ensure the node location is hidden, or else coming back could lead to more embarrassing situations."

On the surface, he appeared unaffected, but internally he was a bit speechless, having returned from the Wuji Sect World only to bump into the homeowner coming back, and right in the middle of their activities. Luckily, he had invisible methods and was fast enough, preventing further trouble.

"It's a pity I have too little personal free time, otherwise, I could have taken over Tiger Head Town and Wind Snow Tower entirely... But then manpower would also be an issue..."

He thought back to the discussions with the Abbot of Dharma Zen Temple and others on the allocation of spoils after the battle in Wuji Sect World, just as he had learned from the Destiny Hexagram Book. These small regional leaders of the world intended to allot the main gains of this battle to him.

They wanted to bind him, a powerful combat force, with these interests to deal with the subsequent response from the Demon Sect, as relying solely on the identity of an Honored Guest Elder of Wuji Sect wouldn't suffice once the Demon Sect escalated, and he would have no excuse to flee otherwise.

Wang Zhifan was somewhat conflicted when faced with the proposal to become the leader of Tiger Head Town or the new leader of Wind Snow Tower, neither fully accepting nor directly rejecting it.

The main issue was having insufficient time to be a leader of a force over there, along with significant problems in managing personnel, which would consume a lot of energy in practice.

However, from another perspective, controlling a region, even if it's a very small one, would be beneficial to his belief route plan and not without value.

Therefore, Wang Zhifan's response to the Abbot, Sect Leader Xiong, and others was that he still needed to carefully consider this matter and would give them an answer after handling some personal affairs.

"It's already dark, I should head to the villa to cultivate and also make some preparations for the upcoming instance."

He originally wanted to continue cultivating the Wind and Thunder Heaven-Treading Skill in the urban area, but feeling it was getting late, he didn't rush and found a secluded corner to summon the Deceit Realm Gate, then slipped through it to return to East City Cottage.

Upon returning to the Deceit Realm, the first thing he did was to take out the Biological Transformation Pod, connect it to the diesel generator, and charge it to full power, as well as feeding a large amount of various reserve materials into the Demon Nest. These were aspects he had previously overlooked in the instance, and he naturally could not forget them again.

Having made these arrangements, he then entered the Profound Mysterious Secret Mansion to concentrate on practicing the Wind and Thunder Heaven-Treading Skill, as he had practiced this Cultivation Technique quite a few times today, clearly understanding where his mastery was lacking, allowing him to fix and improve from the basics step by step.

Before he knew it, time had passed, and as morning light descended once more, Wang Zhifan prepared to start his instance for the day.

"The Biological Transformation Pod is fully charged, and the Demon Nest is well-fed with various materials. This time, I'm much better prepared than usual."

At this moment, Wang Zhifan had already come out of the Profound Mysterious Secret Mansion, entering the Deceit Realm. He first checked the two excellent-grade items he had prepared last night, then stored them in his personal space.

In previous instances, he had not made good use of the Biological Transformation Pod and the Demon Nest, but now he would no longer overlook these two valuable treasures.

The same situation applied to the other numerous pieces of equipment in his personal space. Many of these items were of high quality, but because he had too many good things, they could only collect dust in space, which was a regrettable oversight on his part.

"Body status is good... Choose to enter the instance!"

After checking his equipment, Wang Zhifan also examined his body, ensuring there were no issues, then mentally confirmed the button on the player panel, entering the instance phase he looked forward to daily.

[Instance Objective: Assist the Brave Explorer Expedition Ship in completing its research mission.]

[Detected you are a VIP player, initializing your instance identity...]

[Your instance identity is set as: Brave's Defense Unit Leader.]

[Brave's Defense Unit Leader: Brave is a well-staffed interstellar research ship, with the defense unit responsible for all security work inside the ship and during external explorations, and as a unit leader, you have the authority to command a defense squad.]

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