Let's turn back time to see what happened in the forest.

"Yang Jing? Is that you?"

The ninja girl in traditional Chinese style before him had deep blue hair tied in a ponytail, and her eyes were the same deep blue color. But other than that, she looked exactly like Yang Jing, Siegfried's colleague who sat next to him at work.

He had helped her deal with workplace harassment just a few days ago.

Though Yang Jing's cool face still showed traces of surprise, meeting an acquaintance from another world made her tone noticeably lighter.

"Yes, I recognized you when you took off your hood. So you're a Wanderer too."

"It's a long story, haha... I can't believe my helper turned out to be you. I'm truly honored and grateful, haha... mmph..."

Siegfried had no idea what he was saying anymore. His brain had completely crashed, and tears were about to fall as he kept rambling.

(Oh no, my reputation is ruined!)

Yang Jing keenly noticed Siegfried's unusual behavior. The corner of her mouth curved into a barely perceptible smile as she said lightly:

"As expected of Engineer Qi, you're amazing. You've become so powerful that you can destroy an entire forest."

"All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows. Like dew drops and lightning, thus should they be contemplated."

The man was reciting the Diamond Sutra to escape reality.

(I can't hear anything, I can't hear anything. A monk should be detached from worldly concerns. How could mere social death affect my Buddhist heart?)

[Mr. Wanderer, please try to think positively.]

(Think positively??)

[At least things can't get worse than this.]

The Shannon System was being annoying as usual, but Siegfried couldn't even muster the energy to scold it.

"Engineer Qi must have completed the mission very easily. After all, hardly anyone in this world can hurt you. If you got serious, I probably wouldn't last even a moment," Yang Jing continued her merciless attacks! She kept launching brutal verbal assaults!

Siegfried wondered how this woman could say such vicious words with such an expressionless face.

His Buddhist heart shattered, Siegfried slowly raised his broken sword...

And held it against his own neck, with an extremely tragic expression.

"Stop... please stop..."

Seeing that her teasing had gone a bit too far, Yang Jing lightly coughed and ceased her mockery.

She made an elegant gesture with one hand, and a peach-pink handbook appeared in her palm.

"Let's exchange information first."

[Wanderer Yang Jing requests to exchange information with you. Do you accept?]

Siegfried took out his own black handbook and replied: "Of course."

The two Wanderer handbooks floated up from their hands, pages turning rapidly without wind. Large amounts of data flowed from the peach-pink handbook into the black one. Siegfried could feel lots of new information suddenly appearing in his mind.

Yang Jing had entered the Qilan Continent six months ago. Her mission was to advance history by helping Second Prince Roderick unify the kingdom within half a year.

During these six months, she had helped Roderick accomplish many things, including gathering intelligence, assassinating personnel, and pursuing Kriemhild.

With her help, Roderick had completely overwhelmed the Crown Prince's forces. He just needed to eliminate Kriemhild to legitimately claim the throne and end the civil war.

Yet at this final step, Siegfried, a wild Wanderer who appeared out of nowhere, descended from the sky and accidentally got involved with the Princess's faction, causing huge changes to history.

Due to Siegfried's intervention, the civil war could no longer end within six months. Yang Jing's mission failed, and she returned to reality.

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Two days ago, Yang Jing entered this world again. This time, her mission was:

Assist Wanderer Siegfried in completing his mission: 0/1

Yang Jing was surprised when she saw the mission. This name was the same as her neighbor's, and not many people would choose such a chuunibyou name.

She had asked Shannon about Siegfried's identity and location, but Shannon only told her to continue working for Roderick and she would meet her target, saying she would learn the rest later.

When Yang Jing followed the pursuit team here, she keenly detected an ambush and decisively abandoned her expendable teammates.

While escaping, she encountered Siegfried who had rushed here for the rescue. Since Siegfried was wearing a hood that concealed his face, Yang Jing thought he was also part of the ambush forces and took the initiative to strike first.

That's what had happened.

"I see..." Siegfried mumbled.

Yang Jing's experiences over the past six months replayed in Siegfried's mind.

But the information he received wasn't just Yang Jing's experiences - it also included many of Roderick faction's secrets.

Knowing both yourself and your enemy leads to victory in every battle. In wars of any era, intelligence is always the most important.

This was a great gift, an invaluable gift.

Meanwhile, Siegfried's brief but dramatic otherworld life also appeared in Yang Jing's memories.

Yang Jing was very shocked. She hadn't expected that Siegfried's greatest asset for completing missions was actually his silver tongue.

"Thank you, this intelligence is very important to me," Siegfried said sincerely.

Yang Jing nodded slightly to indicate it was expected, but then she frowned her delicate brows like distant mountains and asked puzzledly:

"Why didn't you choose Roderick? He has overwhelming advantages and considerable talent. Joining his faction would make it very easy to achieve your goal."

From the information Yang Jing shared, Siegfried now knew that completing stage missions didn't really matter - it was just a mechanism to help Wanderers complete historical corrections or advancements.

He could have chosen to join Roderick's faction and simply waited for the talented Second Prince to unify the kingdom himself. He could have just relaxed by the spring and waited for victory.

Of course, he could also choose to defect now and betray Kriemhild and the others to Roderick, which would also complete the historical correction quickly and simply.

Indeed, why? He was supposed to be a pragmatist, so why didn't he choose the most straightforward and effective method?

The helpless tears of the princess in the church and the brilliant smile of that girl in the sunset appeared before Siegfried's eyes.

He showed a helpless expression and shrugged at Yang Jing.

"No special reason, I just wanted to challenge myself with higher difficulty. Besides, given the choice, I'd definitely pick the pretty girls. I'm not gay, why would I go to Roderick?"

Yang Jing rolled her eyes, but she didn't dwell on it.

"It's fine, you're the main force so it's your call. "

"Thanks. Let me take you back and introduce you to everyone then. Your class... is it Assassin or Ninja? By the way, how are you so strong??"

Siegfried suddenly realized he seemed to be the weakest in the team.

Being the weakest despite being a high-level executive in the Princess's company didn't seem right. He hurriedly asked Yang Jing, his senior Wanderer, for advice.

Yang Jing efficiently flipped to the status page and showed it to Siegfried. Since they already knew each other, they could skip the trust-building process.

Name: Xingmei (Yang Jing)

Female, 21 years old

Race: Wanderer

Alignment: Neutral

Class: Master Assassin

A girl born in the middle district of the capital, with a wealthy family and happy life. This is the life you've always dreamed of, but it was never meant to be yours, was it?

Specializations:

Animal Communication 52% (Proficient)

Karate 81% (Master)

Chinese Dance 65% (Expert)

Ninjutsu 12% (Beginner)

Combat Skills: [Presence Concealment] [Shadow Step] [Blade Dance] [Assassination Time] [Body Replacement Technique]...

Will Power: Hidden

Ability Stats:

Strength: B

Agility: A+

Mana: B

Intelligence: B

Luck: C

Leadership: E

Overall Rating: A

(Damn, this is almost on par with Roland. She could probably destroy ten of me.)

Siegfried inwardly clicked his tongue.

Even ignoring the A-rank overall rating and all those combat skills, just looking at the specializations...

The master-level karate alone would be enough to give Siegfried a hard time. And animal communication? What kind of specialization was that? Could you even specialize in that?

He suddenly remembered seeing Yang Jing often "meow meow" chatting with the fat orange cat kept at the company during lunch breaks, a sight that had healed many male colleagues' tired hearts and minds.

Well well, so she was actually having real conversations!

Meanwhile, Yang Jing was also looking at Siegfried's status page.

However, she had barely glanced at it when her usually expressionless cool face showed uncontrollable surprise and shock.

"What is this! How is this possible? How can there be so many specializations?"

On Siegfried's status page, under specializations,

There were nearly forty specializations densely listed, taking up more than half the page.

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