This was the third Overseer that Shen Mo and Bai Youwei had encountered.

No one knew how many Overseers there were in total for the games. In any case, judging from what they’d seen so far, each Overseer was vastly different.

The first, the Rabbit-headed Gentleman—it had a snow-white rabbit head and a slender, androgynous adolescent figure. When speaking, it was indifferent and calm, like an emotionless robot.

The second, a golden orb—it had no human form but possessed the tone and temper of a human child. Lively and cunning, with a mischievous personality, it also enjoyed hiding rules like a prank.

The third, the one before their eyes—

It could be said this was the Overseer they’d encountered so far that was closest to being “human.”

Its appearance resembled a blonde, blue-eyed male model from a magazine, wearing a complete set of white suit and formal wear, with incomparably gorgeous and handsome features.

However, what was horrifying was that his body was extremely tall! Extremely elongated! His long arms and long legs were like the proportions of a comic character!

Naturally, it looked good in comics, but placed in real life, placed right before their eyes, the visual impact was simply beyond words, making their scalps tingle!

It walked up the hillside, standing close to them, several heads taller than even Shen Mo, who was the tallest!

If Shen Mo had perfect nine-head-tall proportions, then this thing was probably at least twelve heads tall.

“Welcome, everyone. I am the Overseer of this game. I hope we can spend a pleasant time together.” The Overseer smiled.

No one spoke.

Everyone looked at it with tense nerves.

Pleasant was impossible. They only hoped not to die too quickly.

The Overseer’s gaze leisurely swept across each person’s face, his tone relaxed. “This game has eighteen players in total. So then, which of you will become friends with me?”

Bai Youwei frowned slightly.

She still remembered the game’s theme was “A Gathering of Friends.” Now the Overseer was talking about becoming friends with it. Could it be that this time, the Overseer would also participate in the game?

“Everyone, do you see that white long table down the hillside?” the Overseer asked.

Everyone looked as directed.

At some unknown time, a long table had appeared on the grass below the hillside. The long table was covered with a white tablecloth, and on it were placed eighteen exquisite, beautiful glass vases.

Each vase had no flowers, only half-filled with clear water, pure and transparent, gleaming with golden water light.

“The theme of this game is A Gathering of Friends.” The gorgeously featured Overseer said to them. “As a courtesy, coming to a gathering naturally requires flowers. Those who bring me the most beautiful flowers can become my dear friends.”

Shen Mo asked, “Where are the flowers?”

The Overseer pointed toward the distance. “Follow the small path down the hillside and keep walking. Pass through the woods, and you will enter a sea of flowers…”

It paused slightly, the smile at the corners of its mouth deepening.

“In 400 BC, the great philosopher Socrates took his students to an apple orchard and asked each student to select what they considered the largest and best apple. They could only choose once and couldn’t turn back. Now, you must do the same—

I need you to enter the sea of flowers. The sea of flowers contains every variety of flower in the world. Each person brings back one flower, making only one choice, and you cannot turn back. In the end, I will select the ten most beautiful flowers from the eighteen, and those who bring back these flowers will become my friends and attend the gathering of friends.”

Everyone suddenly understood.

This was just a preliminary selection. The real “Gathering of Friends” hadn’t even begun yet.

“After becoming friends, what then?” Bai Youwei asked. “What do we need to do at the gathering?”

The Overseer’s exquisite blue eyes looked over, revealing a smile. “Oh, this lovely young lady, what comes after is a secret. I can only tell my friends.”

So, only those who obtained the qualification of “friend” could know what this gathering truly was.