Abyss Game: I am covered with cheats

"Thank you for making this trip today," Shen Nianwei said, putting on her coat outside the barbecue restaurant, the garment concealing her graceful figure. "I'm relieved to know that Xiaoyu has such an interesting colleague like you by his side.

"This guy didn't have a great childhood, and he has an arrogance and loneliness in his bones that he doesn't even realize. Knowing that he has a friend he can call out at night makes this trip worthwhile."

Shen Yu felt his face burning up. "Sis! I'm not as chuuni as you say!"

Xu Tong thought to himself: Actually, this guy has another friend he can call out at night, but she just hung up on him.

Shen Nianwei smiled subtly, rummaged in her pocket, then grabbed Xu Tong's right hand and placed something into his palm.

Shen Nianwei's hand was a bit cold, like touching a bottle of cola that had been refrigerated for several days, not quite like a living person's temperature.

Xu Tong looked at the item in his palm and found that it was a cross.

"This is kind of a talisman. Although I don't remember much, since I was a kid, Xiaoyu, our parents, and I each had one.

"Now that our parents are dead, there are two talismans available."

Xu Tong nodded. "So… I'm holding your dad's talisman?"

Shen Yu: "?"

Shen Nianwei covered her mouth and chuckled. "Not really. Our parents' talismans definitely have to be kept. This talisman is mine, but Xiaoyu told you about my constitution. I don't need this kind of thing, so… consider it a gift for being willing to be friends with Xiaoyu."

This was something Xu Tong hadn't expected. But talismans are something you believe in or you don't, like horoscopes, fortune-telling, and tarot cards.

Since someone was giving it to him, it was better to accept it.

"Okay, I'll keep it safe."

Shen Nianwei nodded slightly, hailed a taxi by the roadside, closed the car door, and waved goodbye to the two outside the window at the last moment before the car started.

After seeing Shen Nianwei off, Shen Yu said, "Thank you for making this trip today."

Xu Tong patted Shen Yu on the shoulder. "What's there to thank? You're practically my brother-in-law. We're family."

Shen Yu: "I don't remember that happening."

Wrapping the talisman around his wrist, Xu Tong also took out his phone, ready to call a ride-hailing car to go home and sleep.

"One more thing," Shen Yu said, "Although the Bureau should notify you tomorrow morning, I already have the news.

"There seems to be news about the National Competition instance."

Xu Tong turned his head to look at him. "Does it have anything to do with me?"

Shen Yu nodded very seriously. "It's not entirely unrelated. It mainly depends on probability. I heard that this National Competition instance randomly selects four players from each country who meet the requirements to participate.

"It's not the Bureau randomly selecting, but the instance randomly selecting.

"That is to say, whether you're a newbie, a veteran, or a top player, there's a certain probability of being selected to participate in this National Competition instance."

Hearing this, Xu Tong's heart sank.

If the Bureau was selecting people internally, the probability of him being selected would be quite low. After all, his level was what it was. It wouldn't be realistic to drag him to compete with other players.

Even if many people recognized him, the higher-ups might not choose him for the sake of a stable victory.

But, if the instance itself selected the participating players…

Then he was screwed.

The probability of him participating in this National Competition instance…

Was 1000%!

"So?" Xu Tong asked, covering his forehead. "What are you trying to say?"

Shen Yu said, "I got an instance entry ticket from a high-level official in the Bureau. The Bureau allows me to use a specific instance to hone my combat skills before the National Competition.

"This instance is a combat-specialized instance."

Xu Tong narrowed his eyes and turned his head stiffly. "You mean?"

Shen Yu said, "I already sent a message to Sister Pei a while ago, saying that the three of us should go to this kind of combat-specialized instance to practice. What if the three of us get selected?"

That was outrageous!

But for Xu Tong, what kind of instance didn't really make a big difference.

Since the instance itself was choosing the players to enter, it would definitely choose him.

However, Xu Tong was still a bit concerned.

The Outer God Proxy that the player who obtained the instance entry ticket saw in the dungeon… was it one of the Outer God Proxies he knew?

If not, then who was this Outer God Proxy, and what abilities did they have?

"What did Pei Wenyu say?"

"Sister Pei said she'll go if you go, and she won't go if you don't."

Xu Tong: "…"

Not a single normal person!

Rubbing his temples, Xu Tong asked, "When?"

Shen Yu patted his chest. "Don't worry, I'm free anytime. It's no problem to go to the instance now. I'll ask Sister Pei what she says!"

As he said that, he directly brought up the friend list in Abyss World in front of Xu Tong.

Xu Tong looked around. In the bustling crowd, no one was casting strange glances at them.

It was as if the friend list in Xu Tong and Shen Yu's vision was only visible to them.

"Even the projectors in the sky can be seen, but not the friend list in front of us?"

Xu Tong thought to himself, "This thing is really not simple."

After about ten minutes, Shen Yu said, "Buhao, Sister Pei isn't replying to me!"

Xu Tong: "Let me see what you said to her…"

Looking at the chat interface, the first sentence Shen Yu sent was: "Sister Pei, Xu Tong agreed."

Pei Wenyu: "Okay."

Shen Yu: "What do you say? I want to go to the instance as soon as possible. What do you say?"

After asking this question, Pei Wenyu hadn't replied.

Shen Yu glanced at Xu Tong and asked cautiously, "Did I make Sister Pei angry?"

"How would I know?"

Shen Yu hesitated for a second. "Why don't… you ask?"

Xu Tong gave him a speechless look. "She's too lazy to reply to you. Do you think she'd be willing to reply to me? Are you crazy?"

Shen Yu urged him, "At least ask first. Ask and see if it works."

Helplessly, Xu Tong could only open his friend page and click on the chat page with Pei Wenyu.

The words on the chat history moved with his thoughts, and he could send what he was thinking directly without even typing.

Xu Tong hesitated again and again, but still chose to send a similar sentence to Shen Yu to prove that he was being urged by Shen Yu.

"What do you say? Go to the instance as soon as possible?"

In less than two seconds, Pei Wenyu responded.

"Are you with him now?"

Xu Tong: "Yes, just saw his sister off."

After another two seconds, a very short word appeared on the chat page.

"Sigh."

Then, before Xu Tong could respond, Pei Wenyu sent another sentence.

"Wait for me to take a shower."