Josh looked in Yuze’s direction.

An inexplicable unease passed through her heart, as if something very important was being overlooked.

Her memory shouldn’t be missing, yet she inexplicably felt uneasy.

This feeling was definitely related to Yuze, even closely connected, but she couldn’t remember anything at all.

"Josh!" Ma Qi’s voice pulled her thoughts back.

Josh quickly looked at him: "What’s up?"

Ma Qi patted her shoulder: "What’s up? Are you worried about something?"

Josh shook her head: "No... I just zoned out suddenly, sorry."

Ma Qi said, "If there’s nothing, you can go practice some tactics. A new instance has been released, it’s ’Doomsday Battlefield.’

Josh looked at the big screen.

’Doomsday Battlefield,’ as the name suggests, is a battlefield-like place, with a zombie outbreak in the instance’s background.

The player teams will be randomly assigned to either the zombie side or the human Power User side.

The two sides fight, and the team that survives in the end wins.

This instance will have a total of 20 teams participating.

Among them, 5 teams are fully staffed.

As the game progressed, there were about 100 teams left in the field, with about 20 fully-staffed teams.

But different teams have different numbers of people; some teams have full rosters of 5, some have 10, and others have about six or seven people.

So some teams, even if they’re missing members, still have more people than some fully-staffed teams.

This semi-final has a total of 5 instances.

Each instance has 20 teams participating.

The instance difficulty is equivalent, and they’re basically all battlefield combat types.

Josh looked at the instance screen.

This is the new instance.

After two instances, the spots for becoming a god will be determined.

After the meeting, Josh went for a re-examination.

As expected, her spiritual power level was different.

Fluctuating between S and SR.

Thanks to absorbing some Spiritual Power from gemstone last night, the seal on the inner core had loosened a bit.

Josh rejoined the team, everyone was ready, and the next day they went into the instance.

That night.

Josh was about to take a shower when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

She got up to open the door and saw Rob at the entrance, grinning foolishly at her.

Josh raised an eyebrow: "What?"

Rob grinned from ear to ear: "Come downstairs with me, I’ll treat you to a midnight snack!"

Josh looked at him suspiciously: "You’re that happy about a midnight snack?"

Rob tugged her outside: "Come on, come on! I can’t be the only one gaining weight, you have to eat more than me so I won’t feel guilty."

Josh’s mouth twitched: "Is it junk food again? If the captain finds out, he’ll nag me to death. He doesn’t allow me to eat junk food."

Rob: "Don’t worry, it’s super healthy!"

Josh had no choice but to go downstairs with him.

The lights on the first floor were off, pitch black.

Rob almost stepped into the void, but Josh grabbed the back of his collar just in time, preventing him from rolling down.

Just as Josh was about to ask someone to turn on the lights, there was a pop sound, and the lights turned on, with everyone gathered around holding party poppers, showering Josh with them.

"Happy Birthday!"

Among them were Jiang Can, Yushi, the coach, and others.

Josh looked at everyone in surprise, wrapped in a huge wave of joy in her heart: "How did you guys..."

Jiang Can laughed heartily: "Because the captain said the day after tomorrow is your birthday, but we’re going into the instance tomorrow, so everyone decided to celebrate your birthday in advance. We can’t let you spend your birthday in blood and gore."

Josh couldn’t help but laugh, a sense of uncontrollable joy and excitement overtaking her. She looked at everyone: "What about the captain? Where is he?"

Everyone made exaggerated expressions: "Don’t worry about him for now, open your gifts first! These are our gifts for you!"

Following everyone’s gaze, Josh saw a pile of things placed in the open area of the living room, each wrapped in large gift boxes.

"What did you guys get me? Why are they all so big?"

Rob nudged her: "Go ahead, open them!"

Josh couldn’t stop smiling as she was pushed along, not putting on any airs: "Thank you all, I’m really happy."

She walked over to the gifts and pointed to the one at the edge: "Should I open this one first?"

Everyone nodded with a smile: "Open it!"

Josh looked at the box as tall as half a person, pulled off the bow on top, and opened it.

Inside was a small spaceship!

It was white and pink!

Furry all over, shaped like a little spider, but made in a more cartoonish and adorable style.

Josh looked at everyone with delight: "This is?"

Yushi beamed: "Me! It’s from me! The ship in the team, it’s ugly, doesn’t fit, for travel, this one suits you!"

Josh laughed along with him: "Thank you, Yushi!"

She paired the Smart Brain with the spaceship, and it instantly became larger, easily accommodating Josh to sit inside.

The decorations inside, the seat, console, rearview mirror, data screen, etc., were all white and pink, furry, warm in winter and cool in summer, perfect for a girl’s heart.

Josh touched it, unable to stop smiling.

Although a bit childish, it was exactly what she wanted!

Josh stored the spaceship in the Smart Brain on her wrist and continued to open the second gift.

The rest were all daily essentials for her.

And there were her favorite Original Stones, so full of Spiritual Energy that she almost mistook them for containing a condensed mini asteroid.

The various expensive gifts made her happy, but also a little guilty.

These were all prepared for when she becomes an adult in the future.

But she... might not stay here for long.

Maybe after the tournament ends, she will become a god and leave, or Yuze will become a god and she will ask Yuze to send her back...

Josh bit her lip: "Um, the things you’ve prepared, I might in the future..."

"Don’t worry, we already know!" Rob interrupted her with a smile.

Josh looked at them in surprise: "You know?"

Rob cleared his throat awkwardly: "When we were sleeping together, you talked in your sleep, and I heard it."

Jiang Can: "Rob is a chatterbox, so we all know too."

Josh cracked a smile: "When? Not during the third instance, right?"

Rob waved his hand: "Oh no, no, I’ve kept the secret for a long time. That day, I learned about your background, about how the Augustine family bullied you like that, and out of anger, I accidentally spilled the beans. Sorry..."

Josh’s heart settled back down: "It’s okay, I should apologize for hiding it from you for so long, I just didn’t know how to tell you..."

"Don’t worry, we understand, do what you need to do!" Jiang Can laughed.

Yushi nodded: "Don’t worry! We support you!"

Josh looked at her teammates, her eyes couldn’t help but redden: "Thank you all..."

Rob quickly winked: "And there’s the captain’s gift you haven’t opened yet, hurry up and open it!"

Josh nodded and went to the last gift.

The gift box was also very large, big enough to hide a person inside if needed.

Josh couldn’t help but feel a little expectant, quickening her pace in tearing the bow.