ã€ŠSacred Souls: Genesisã€‹


 Chapter 1: The Creator of the World

    <h4>Chapter 1: Chapter 1: The Creator of the World</h4>

    It was 8 PM when Jiang Qiao finished typing thest Chapter of the day and uploaded it. He let out a long sigh of relief.

    Jiang Qiao was a pretty ordinary author and a college student, but he also had a hidden identity: a transmigrator.

    He had been in this world, which was simr to Earth, for almost eight years. Jiang Qiao initially thought he could rely on his knowledge from Earth to make something of himself in this new world.

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    However, Jiang Qiao sadly found out that he had no talent in drawing or programming; the only thing he could manage passably was typing stories on a keyboard.

    Over eight years, Jiang Qiao wrote five novels. Each one only did moderately well, just enough for Jiang Qiao to make a living off his writing.

    But the kind of wild sess he hoped for, simr to what he would have had on Earth, did note. Jiang Qiao summed up the reason, thinking it was because this world, called Blue Star, was five to six years more advanced in technology than Earth.

    In this world, VR games had be mainstream, and for people like Jiang Qiao, who were used toputer games, they could be considered outdated.

    Fortunately, today, after eight years, Jiang Qiao finally encountered his golden finger after transmigrating.

    "Can you hear me now?!" A semi-transparent woman, who appeared to be about fifteen years old, floated in mid-air, her gaze fixed on Jiang Qiao, who was about to eat his boxed meal.

    "Go ahead, I''m listening."

    Jiang Qiao took a bite of the chicken leg in his boxed meal. As someone who had transmigrated, he could calmly ept seeing a semi-transparent ghost right in front of him.

    "Let me introduce myself once more. My name is Hai Lan, and I used to be a creator." Hai Lan ced her hand on her t chest as she spoke.

    "Used to be? What about now?" Jiang Qiao''s question seemed to choke Hai Lan, making her previously haughty tone falter.

    "Un...unemployed. My previous world was destroyed, but your current world is extremely dangerous. Soon, invaders will descend upon this world! Your world will be torn apart and vanish into the void!" Hai Lan seriously warned Jiang Qiao about the prophecy of the apocalypse.

    "Why me?" Jiang Qiao put down his boxed meal and asked, "Not to be humble, but I''m just a writer. If you''re so powerful, shouldn''t you be finding the relevant authorities?"

    "Because my soul is bound to you. I just recently awakened after absorbing the consciousness energy of the creatures in this world." Hai Lan said with some helplessness.

    "That does exin it. So, do you n to make me a savior? Do you have any world-destroying powers to give me?" Jiang Qiao asked.

    "I can''t break the rule barrier of this world. Creating something in this world is already my limit, let alone bestowing transcendent powers to living beings..."

    As Hai Lan spoke, a small piece of iron appeared in her hand. It floated into Jiang Qiao''s palm, and Jiang Qiao could confirm it was a real object.

    "Rule barrier?" Jiang Qiao yed with the small piece of iron, catching a crucial term in Hai Lan''s words.

    "In the world I used to create, there was a force you called ''Magic,'' but your world has no magic, nor any transcendent powers. The gravity here is much weaker than in my world. With the rule barrier of this world, I can''t bestow you with any powerful magic." Hai Lan exined.

    "Then what''s your n? Throw this little piece of iron to kill the invaders?"

    Jiang Qiao weighed the piece of iron, thinking it might hurt if thrown at someone''s head, possibly lethal if it hit the temple.

    "I can guide your consciousness into my world. In my world, I can strengthen your consciousness and grant you great power." Hai Lan spoke in a tone akin to a goddess guiding her followers.

    "That sounds like a scam. But no matter, how do I enter your world?"

    Jiang Qiao put down the piece of iron, stood up, and stretched his arms. Long periods of sitting had left Jiang Qiao''s body weak.

    "Do you believe me that easily?"

    Hai Lan was a bit bewildered by Jiang Qiao''s straightforwardness. She had thought it would take her a long time to convince this human.

    "I''ve written this kind of golden finger plot countless times. The consciousness world sounds a bit like a dream. Should I lie on the bed?" Jiang Qiao acted like a seasoned transmigrator.

    "Just sit down and close your eyes."

    Hai Lan was also thankful she had possessed a human who was so epting.

    Jiang Qiao sat back down and closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he found himself on a vast, endless grasnd.

    This grasnd felt like a creative mode in "Minecraft."

    "Your world has nothing in it."

    Jiang Qiao looked around. All he could see was grass. The sky was just blue, with no clouds, fake like a picture.

    "This is the basic world I just created. Now listen to my n." Hai Lan''s figure appeared in front of Jiang Qiao. In this world, she was in solid form. "I can bestow transcendent powers to the creatures of your world here, cultivating a group of warriors to defend against the invaders."

    "How do you n to make those warriors obey?"

    Jiang Qiao had many questions, like why not create a person yourself?

    But upon seeing this world, Jiang Qiao had already started formting a n in his mind.

    "I haven''t figured that out yet. The humans I created in the past had very ancient thoughts, but the development of civilization in this world exceeded my expectations." Hai Lan paused slightly and added, "So the humans of this world might not be as easy to deceive as I thought."

    Deception? This creator had a pretty realistic self-assessment.

    "Creating a religion to deceive them could work, but it''s too slow... I have a quicker method."

    Jiang Qiao rummaged through his clothes pocket and sessfully pulled out a phone that should exist in the real world. Jiang Qiao unlocked the phone and opened a mobile game he had been ying recently.

    "Do you want me to enve them?" Hai Lan saw the game screen, with Jiang Qiao''s character in a gloomy dungeon.

    "No! What I mean is that your so-called ''warriors'' can be renamed as ''yers''!"

    Jiang Qiao pointed at his game character on the screen. He had spent over three hundred hours on this game, making him the quintessential pay-to-win grind yer...

    "The essence of humans isziness. They may avoid training, homework, and work, but there''s one thing they will never tire of."

    "Games?" Hai Lan followed Jiang Qiao''s train of thought.

    "More urately, video games." Jiang Qiao locked his phone and then stood up from the grass, saying, "Creator, I think we can start transforming this world."

    "Transform? Do you have any ideas?"

    Hai Lan had spent some time observing Jiang City before awakening, including watching Jiang Qiao y various video games. She believed Jiang Qiao''s idea was feasible, but she didn''t know what a video game world was like.

    "First, we need a system. Do you know how to program?"

    The girl, who could easily create a world, shook her head frankly in response to Jiang Qiao''s question.

 Chapter 2: New World

    <h4>Chapter 2: Chapter 2: New World</h4>

    Hai Lan did not know how to program, and Jiang Qiao also had no clue about programming.

    Luckily, Hai Lan did not needplicated code to modify the world''s rules; she could rely on her own methods to implement the core systems of the game.

    "The most interesting part of a game world is that it''s simpler than the real world..."

    As a veteran yer, Jiang Qiao began to instruct Hai Lan on how to remodel her ''overly realistic'' world.

    Hai Lan stepped forward, slightly lifted her heels, and suddenly ced her fingertip on Jiang Qiao''s forehead.

    "Humanmunication methods are too primitive and outdated. Next, I will unleash my power and enter the creator mode." Complex golden patterns suddenly appeared on Hai Lan''s fair cheeks, and her pupils began to glow.

    "In the creator state, all your thoughts wille true. This world will be as you desire, including the creatures, cities, and characters you imagine. I will present and arrange them in the most optimal way, creating a new world."

    "Is this considered your second personality?"

    Jiang Qiao saw that Hai Lan''s hair had already begun to turn a pure gold color, and her voice gradually lost its human quality.

    "Yes, close your eyes and experience the feeling of being the creator." As Hai Lan''s words fell, her fingertip tapped Jiang Qiao''s head again, and in the next moment, Jiang Qiao felt a strange power blooming from his mind.

    This feeling was like his intelligence suddenly multiplied by a thousand times. Under this raging storm of consciousness, the result was that Jiang Qiaopletely lost himself.

    Hai Lan began rapidly reading Jiang Qiao''s thoughts and the beings that existed only in his fantasies, starting a high-dimensionalputation.

    "Three hundred and seventy-seven thousand types of fantasy creatures aggregated, evaluated forbat power based on Jiang Qiao''s standards. Manifestation would require one hundred seventy-seven million two hundred thirty thousand units of energy. Energy reserve insufficient... starting to build with some lower-level creatures."

    "Wait, wait! We''re creating game monsters, not an entire biological chain! And isn''t a slime supposed to be at the bottom of the food chain?"

    Jiang Qiao''s voice suddenly reced Hai Lan''s cold tone. Hai Lan''s expressionless face showed a faint look of surprise upon hearing Jiang Qiao''s voice.

    She did not expect a human''s willpower to withstand a god''s thinking.

    "Breeding systems and reincarnation systems arepletely unnecessary. The monsters don''t need to eat, and their habits are irrelevant. Just consider these ''creatures'' as reactive machines. Forget it, I''ll do it myself!"

    "Map building in progress, detected seven thousand three hundred eighty types of buildings and terrains in imagination, constructing the existing world based on optimal logic, Lionheart City, Fallen Gorge, ck Gold Grave, Heavenly Patrol Giant Beast, Sky Tower, connecting character storylines, constructing quest system, main storyline constructing, side storylines constructing, world boundaries reached, expansion stopped... unable to continue manifestation."

    After two hours, Hai Lan''s murmuring gradually ceased, her hair color changed back from golden to azure, and she released her finger from Jiang Qiao''s forehead as if she had been shocked.

    "Where am I?" Hai Lan looked around in confusion. They had been standing on a grasnd before, but now it had turned into a city with different architectural styles.

    "Isn''t this what you created?"

    Jiang Qiao held his forehead and swayed a bit. The two-hour storm of consciousness gave him a feeling of omniscience and omnipotence.

    To be honest... that feeling wasn''t very pleasant. If not for Jiang Qiao''s extraordinary thought processes, he might have turned into an idiot by now.

    "I was reading your consciousness! And... and I can''t retain the memory from the creator state." Hai Lan bit her lower lip lightly and said something she found a bit embarrassing. "Also, you better make sure this world transformation was sessful! I don''t have much energy left to makerge-scale modifications to this world!"

    "I see. Don''t worry, this game world creation was very sessful."

    Jiang Qiao looked at his field of view, which now disyed the game UI. The top-right corner of the screen showed a semi-transparent health bar, magic power, and level indicators.

    A striking LV1 level sign, with no other icons disyed.

    Jiang Qiao raised his index finger and swiped through the air, causing a semi-transparent long UI option box to appear in front of him, disying various options like character attributes, inventory, skills, and more.

    After scrolling through the main menu, Jiang Qiao directly opened the character attributes, which listed a bunch of data.

    Name: Jiang Qiao

    Profession: Game World Creature Stat Reference Temte

    Level: LV1

    Physique: 10

    Strength: 10

    Agility: 10

    Wisdom: 10

    Spirit: 10

    Luck: 10

    Character Description: To prevent you from forgetting, here''s a special note. All the creatures in this world have theirbat power set using you as a reference temte. When a monster''s strength reaches 20, it can be described as having ''two Jiang Qiaos'' inbat power. For more details, please explore on your own. Also, I put the job change book and name change items in your backpack. The game has more content to be explored by yourself¡ªCreator Jiang Qiao.

    "Why do I find my creator personality a bit annoying?" Jiang Qiao said helplessly as he opened his backpack.

    "I find it annoying too!" Hai Lan suddenly chimed in beside him.

    "... "

    This time, Jiang Qiao did not respond to Hai Lan and directly took out the only item in his backpack, which was still the job-changing book.

    After all, Jiang Qiao couldn''t keep his profession as ''Game Reference Temte'' forever, right?

    The job-changing book was as heavy as a dictionary. When Jiang Qiao opened it, a lot of text turned into virtual shadows and floated in front of him.

    ''Warrior, Mage, Assassin, Priest, Gunner, Knight, Priest...''

    "You really made it." Jiang Qiao looked at the scattered hundreds of professions. This was an idea he had when ying games before¡ªa unique profession system.

    This unique profession system was reflected in the ''job changing'' settings.

    Each profession goes through a job change, awakening, and another job change and awakening at specific levels.

    In normal professions, like a warrior, when they change jobs, they can be a Magic Swordsman or a Heavy Swordman. But if this warrior loves using hammers before the job change, there''s a chance to be an Armor Splitter or Giant Hammer Warrior during the job change quest.

    This alternative job would sacrifice supplementary agility for more specialized strength bonuses and armor break attributes.

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    This is just one example, but Creator Mode Jiang Qiao really created such aplex job and skill system.

    Just from the profession and skill system alone, Jiang Qiao could tell that even though this world was still a game world, it had transcended the game itself.

    "I am quite capable, aren''t I?"

    Jiang Qiao did not rush to choose a profession. He closed the skill book, but as he did, a line of semi-transparent text suddenly appeared in front of him.

    "The maximum level limit in this world is currently fifty. The game map size is only two hundred forty square kilometers, equivalent to the game map size of three GTAs. It has already consumed eighty percent of Creator Hai Lan''s energy. Note: Expand the game map size and obtain energy as soon as possible!"

    Jiang Qiao read out this line of text, then looked up at Hai Lan. Her face seemed to say, "Is the world I created too small? me me?"

    "Let''s discuss next how to expand this game''s DLC... I mean, new map, and the energy issues."

 Chapter 3 - 3 Professional Player

    <h4>Chapter 3: Chapter 3 Professional yer</h4>

    The Book of Systems

    Quality: ?

    Description: Please name this game first!

    This was the second item in Jiang Qiao''s backpack, and an input box appeared beside Jiang Qiao''s hand. After thinking for a while, Jiang Qiao casually typed in the name "Holy Zero."

    The text on the surface of the book changed, and the item name became ¡ª The Book of Systems.

    Jiang Qiao opened this book of systems, and the first page disyed the current energy 5000/25000, map area 240 square kilometers, yer limit 2/1000.

    The first page contained only these two lines of text. As Jiang Qiao turned to the second page, several small light balls the size of fingernails floated in front of Jiang Qiao.

    "Did you actually embed the star map into this book?" Hai Lan lightly covered her mouth, her eyes full of disbelief.

    "Star map..." Jiang Qiao recalled his memory in the creator state. "Is this the map for our future world expansion? Let me see... The ne where Blue Star is located is this one."

    Jiang Qiao''s fingertips clicked on a deep blue light ball, which was thergest among all the light balls. As the light ball magnified, a bright blue slowly rotated in front of Jiang Qiao.

    This was Jiang Qiao''s current real world. Next to this world was a small pale white light ball, orbiting it slowly like a satellite.

    This pale white light ball was the game ne created by Hai Lan and Jiang Qiao. Besides that, there was also a dark ck light ball gradually approaching Blue Star.

    "That''s the ne intending to invade Blue Star!" Hai Lan pointed at the dark ck light ball and shouted loudly, "Although it''s just a fragment of a world, the creatures inside possess transcendent powers!"

    Jiang Qiao reached out and touched the pitch-ck light ball with his finger.

    Data instantly appeared on the light ball.

    Exotic Beast ne Fragment

    ne Category: Magic.

    Civilization Level: Medieval.

    ne Size: Twenty square kilometers.

    Creature Level: 1~35.

    World Rules: Time cycleplete, life cycleplete, physicalwsplete, magicalws basic...

    A ne''s data panel was veryplex, and Jiang Qiao only looked at a few key data points. Then he opened the data for Blue Star''s ne.

    Human ne.

    ne Category: Technology.

    Civilization Level: Information Age.

    ne Size: Infinite.

    Creature Level: 1~5.

    World Rules: Time cycleplete, life cycleplete...

    "What will happen if this ck light ballpletely oveps with Blue Star?" After looking through Blue Star''s data, Jiang Qiao found that the ck light ball was even closer to Blue Star.

    "Creatures from this invading ne will appear within Blue Star! They will kill the residents of the original world! What''s worse, if the space-time rift persists for too long, it will attract other invading nes, like this one!"

    Hai Lan pointed to a ckish-red ne further from Blue Star. Jiang Qiao didn''t need to look at the detailed data of that ckish-red ne, just the creature level of 120~150 already made Jiang Qiao think of the words "the end of the world."

    "So the responsibility of nurturing heroes to save the world falls on the two of us? How much longer until this ck invading ne oveps with Blue Star?"

    "It''s estimated to be in ten days!" Hai Lan said.

    "In ten days, with a server yer limit of a thousand people, could we also ''swallow'' that ck ne if we have enough manpower?"

    Jiang Qiao''s question made Hai Lan nod repeatedly, as this was the method to expand this world. To release a new expansion pack, other nes had to be invaded.

    "I understand, it''s about time to return to the real world to find some candidates to save the world."

    Jiang Qiao still had many questions about the game world he created, but he would figure those outter; for now, he needed to find the right yers.

    ..............

    Jiang Qiao returned to the real world, which hadn''t changed much, except he was now apanied by a materialized goddess and had an app called "Holy Zero" on his phone.

    This app was developed by Jiang Qiao in the creator mode, with very rich features inside. But the most important function was a one-click login to the game world.

    "This is really unscientific."

    Jiang Qiao swiped through the app on his phone, many of the features still needed to be unlockedter.

    "Have you thought about the candidates for the first batch of yers?" Hai Lan didn''t want to listen to Jiang Qiao''sints; she was very anxious.

    "I haven''t decided on the first batch, but I do have the first candidate in mind. To be precise, it''s the third yer in the game."

    Jiang Qiao opened hisputer and logged into a website named Roon Live. This was currently the most popr live streaming portal on Blue Star, with the highest viewership room titled ''Strife'' Global Finals Semifinals: Jiang City Reign vs. Seoul White Sword.''

    ''Strife'' was the most popr VR online game on Blue Star, and its esports league naturally had a massive global following.

    Jiang Qiao was now watching a live stream of the match between the Chinese team Reign and the Korean team White Sword.

    "No matter which world it is, we have to fight Koreans in esports? No, our Dota in the West doesn''t have this issue," Jiang Qiao looked at the current score. The match had been going on for three rounds, with White Sword leading Reign with a score of 2:1.

    White Sword needed to win just one more round to knock Reign out and proceed to the finals.

    "Wee back to the Strife global finals; I''m yourmentator, Wang Douyou."

    "And I''m yourmentator, Shi Qi."

    "White Sword has reached match point first, putting the pressure on our Reign team. Reign must figure out how to block White Sword''s offense, and they need a seasoned veteran to steady the team''s morale."

    "Wang Douyou, what are you hinting at again?"

    "I''m hinting that the man has finally taken the stage. ording to the producers, Reign has decided to rece their lead attacker ''Nan Feng'' with ''Xixiao'' for the fourth round!"

    When thementator Wang Douyou mentioned ''Xixiao,'' Jiang Qiao could hear the roaring cheers of the audience through his headphones.

    Strife had been running for eight years, the professional league held for seven years. The ID Xixiao had never missed a single league match in seven years and had led his team to win the world championship in the S3 and S4 seasons.

    Three years ago, the ID Xixiao was equivalent to a god for Chinese Strife yers and a nightmare that couldn''t be dispelled for foreign professional yers.

    As a result, the yers gave this professional yer a universally acknowledged nickname: ''Master Xiao.''

    But by the S7 season three yearster, Xixiao, who was already over 25, was no longer at his peak, often being a substitute for the team.

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    Now that Reign had been losing consecutively, the coach had no choice but to bring out the veteran Xixiao to steady the team''s morale once again.

    But the result was cruel... Even with the recement, Reign could not withstand the enemy''s offense, and their journey in the global finals ended disgracefully with a 3:1 defeat.

 Chapter 4 - 4 Happy Games

    <h4>Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Happy Games</h4>

    Backstage at the yer rest area.

    His original name was Zhao Mingwei. He had been the captain of the Junlin Team for seven whole years. Many old members of the Junlin Team hade and gone, but this ID "Xixiao" remained, battling for the team for seven years.

    Now, most of Zhao Mingwei''s old teammates had retired. For the past year, he had been leading this new group of yers on the professional stage.

    Zhao Mingwei was thest to return to the yer rest area. Before he could push open the door, he heard hysterical shouting from inside.

    "Why did you substitute me in the third game? Putting that old guy in meant we''d be crushed directly!"

    "Feng Yi! This year, White Sword Team''s vanguard is too strong. Your aggressive ystyle would just give them openings!"

    "So let Grandpa Xia go and y a retirement match? He''s already won two world championships! He definitely doesn''t want to take another..."

    The voice stopped abruptly when Zhao Mingwei pushed open the door and entered the rest area. Everyone''s eyes were on Zhao Mingwei.

    Zhao Mingwei adjusted his ck-framed sses and looked at Junlin Team''s starting attacker, Feng Yi. He was a young yer with great potential, just a bit too aggressive.

    When Zhao Mingwei looked at him, his eyes were already red, clearly very dissatisfied with the loss in this match.

    "Xiao Feng, winning and losing aremon; you''ll have plenty of opportunities in the future." Zhao Mingwei walked up and patted him on the shoulder, but was immediately pushed away.

    "Of course you don''t care; you''ve already won two championships! It''s my first time on the world stage! Do you know..."

    "Feng Yi!"

    The coach interrupted Feng Yi again. He lost control of his emotions, sat back in his chair, and covered his face, crying.

    The loss created a heavy atmosphere within Junlin Team. In the end, the coach organized everyone to board the bus back to the hotel.

    Zhao Mingwei sat in thest row of the bus, next to his old friend and the only remaining old teammate, Lin Xi.

    "Grandpa Xia, feeling tired?" Lin Xi asked quietly, seeing Zhao Mingwei''s solemn expression. "Making the top four is pretty good."

    "It''s not about the results." Zhao Mingwei turned his head and stared into his old teammate''s eyes. "Lin Xi, I want to ask you something."

    "Grandpa Xia! I didn''t make a single mistake in these four games! Well, maybe one!" Lin Xi immediately raised his hand in surrender, even though they were close; Zhao Mingwei was still the captain.

    "You made at least seven mistakes, but that''s not what I want to ask..." Zhao Mingwei paused and then slowly said...

    "How long has it been since youughed while ying this game?"

    "..."

    Lin Xi was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile on his face.

    "Grandpa Xia, we are professional yers. This game is our job, and we y it to win."

    "It wasn''t like this before." Zhao Mingweiy back tiredly in his chair and closed his eyes.

    Lin Xi didn''t dare to continue the conversation, fearing it would lead to discussing ''retirement''.

    Although Zhao Mingwei''s skills had declined, his poprity was still at the peak among all professional yers. As long as he stayed in the Junlin Team, even as a mascot, the team''smercial value would skyrocket.

    ......

    Zhao Mingwei returned to his hotel room andy on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

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    Years of professional training had left him feeling utterly exhausted. For four years, he''d had enough motivation from chasing championships, but this year he really, really didn''t want to y "Conflict" anymore.

    But Zhao Mingwei had a binding contract with Junlin Team, akin to a lifetime binding contract, and he had to serve two more years before he could retire.

    Zhao Mingwei took out his phone and saw a message from an old teammate in a WeChat group.

    "Is there a game more fun than ''Conflict''?"

    Zhao Mingwei forced a smile at this message, knowing it was meant as a joke, not a question.

    He wasn''t in the mood to read the WeChat messages and aimlessly scrolled through his phone until he noticed a strange icon. The icon was an inverted triangle with two simple words below it.

    "Sacred Zero."

    He didn''t remember downloading this strange mobile game.

    Zhao Mingwei dragged the app icon to the trash can, trying to delete it. But no matter how many times he tried, the icon stayed fixed on his phone''s home screen.

    Was there something wrong with his phone? After confirming that his phone was fine and it was the app that had an issue, Zhao Mingwei ran his antivirus software.

    But after a thorough scan, the antivirus software didn''t find anything.

    Could there still be such powerful viruses out there?

    Out of curiosity, Zhao Mingwei decided to open the app. The content inside was simple, just some instructions and a buttonbeled "Login."

    He briefly read the instructions, which exined that this was an app for logging into a virtual game world; you could enter the game world the moment you clicked "Login."

    A normal person would think this was a scam¡ªdirectly logging into a VR game through a phone? Modern technology hadn''t reached that point.

    With a try-it-and-see attitude, Zhao Mingwei clicked in. The next second, the scene in front of him changed instantly. When Zhao Mingwei came to his senses, he found himself in a pure white world.

    Translucent data frames floated in front of Zhao Mingwei.

    As a veteran yer, everything looked very familiar: character appearance customization, ss selection, character name, etc. It just had fewer options than "Conflict," such as excluding races.

    This game currently only allowed ying as humans. Zhao Mingwei spent about an hour creating a decent-looking face for his character. Without a second thought, he chose the Fighter ss and entered the ID "Xixiao." After hesitating for a long time, he deleted "Xixiao" and typed in "Happy Game" instead.

    "Character creationplete."

    A voice without any emotion sounded in Zhao Mingwei''s ear. The light in front of him quickly faded. When Zhao Mingwei opened his eyes again, he was standing on a street in a majestic main city.

    He looked at his hands and saw that he was wearing a pair of half-finger white gloves. His attire had also changed from modern clothes to a Fighter''s training outfit.

    "A neer?!"

    Before Zhao Mingwei could get used to the system, he heard a warm greeting by his side. He looked up to see a yer dressed as a Mage approaching him.

    The yer''s ID was "Today No Update."

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    PS: Hello everyone; I''m Sister Bride. I couldn''t resist starting a new book. The theme of this book is enjoying the game, as always rxed and lighthearted. Humbly asking for your support and rmendations.

 Chapter 5 - 5 BOSS (Please recommend! Please bookmark!)

    <h4>Chapter 5: Chapter 5 BOSS (Please rmend! Please bookmark!)</h4>

    ''Not Updating Today'' was the game ount Jiang Qiao created, and the chosen profession was a rtively rxed Summoner.

    When the Junlin team''s match was taking ce, Jiang Qiao sent out an invitation to 998 ''qualified'' yers worldwide.

    Currently, the server limit for the game was 1,000 people. Jiang Qiao had to ensure these 1,000 yers were experienced and enthusiastic enough to level their characters to a high enough level within a month.

    Zhao Mingwei, known as Laughter Master, the best fighter character user in disputes, was made a key target by Jiang Qiao.

    For this, Jiang Qiao specifically came to the newbie vige, ready to guide Zhao Mingwei, a ''neer,'' through leveling up as an ''experienced yer.''

    "Are you a yer in this game?" Zhao Mingwei asked, looking puzzled when he saw Jiang Qiao.

    Dispute, as a VR game, was undoubtedly not realistic enough. Even if the current graphics were incredibly real, Zhao Mingwei could still tell at a nce that the game''s graphics were ''painted.''

    But this world was different. Zhao Mingwei could see every thread of silk on Jiang Qiao''s robe, and even his hair seemed to be independently calcted.

    "Have you ever seen an NPC with this kind of ID?"

    Jiang Qiao pointed at the name ''Not Updating Today'' above his head.

    "Indeed, I''ve never seen that," Zhao Mingwei said with an awkwardugh, ncing around. "There are so few people on this server. Is this a newly released game? The login method... is also quite strange."

    On the streets of this main city, there were indeed very few ''people'', with only three or four NPCs standing around, waiting for yers to interact with them.

    "I received the login app this morning too. At first, I thought it was some kind of prank, but after ying it all day, this game is actually quite fun." Jiang Qiao''s lying skills were top-notch; he didn''t even blink while telling lies.

    "But I was the only yer all day; I thought I was ying a single-yer game! Finally met a neer! Shall we form a party, and I''ll help you level up?"

    Jiang Qiao slid his fingers to bring up the function menu and sent a party invitation to Zhao Mingwei.

    "No party, but we can add each other as friends," Zhao Mingwei declined Jiang Qiao''s party invitation.

    "Are you sure you don''t need my help?" Jiang Qiao pointed at the level indicator beside his ID, showing his level as LV10.

    "If you kill all the monsters, then there''s nothing left for me to y. But I do need some tips and tricks that only you, as a pro, can teach," Zhao Mingwei said.

    Zhao Mingwei didn''tpletely reject Jiang Qiao''s help. Leveling up and monster hunting were parts of the game he enjoyed. He knew the importance of game strategies, and having an experienced yer''s guidance was always better.

    "Strategies? I''m still exploring this game too, but I''ll share any good strategies I find," Jiang Qiao replied.

    Jiang Qiao couldn''t think of any effective strategies at the moment since he had just finished the newbie vige tasks.

    "I''ll send you messages if I discover anything too. I''m off to do newbie tasks," Zhao Mingwei waved at Jiang Qiao.

    Jiang Qiao watched this true top-tier yer in Huaguo''s online gaming world leave.

    Zhao Mingwei left in a light-hearted manner, almost like an excited child on a spring outing, hopping with excitement.

    He hadn''t properly explored a new game in seven years, especially one that could rival Dispute and was still in closed beta with only a few yers! It was enough to make any online game yer explore in excitement.

    "I''ve always wondered, why can''t we just directly set the yers'' levels to the maximum?"

    Jiang Qiao asked, watching Zhao Mingwei disappear down the road, addressing the floating Hai Lan beside him.

    Hai Lan, who was currently in stealth mode, apanied Jiang Qiao as a summon spirit.

    "The human soul has a limit to how much energy it can absorb at once. Leveling up by monster hunting is a process of training the soul. Injecting too much energy at once would tear their souls apart, causing them to lose themselves," Hai Lan exined.

    "In ten days, can the yers on this server really resist the invading monsters?"

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    Jiang Qiao swiped his finger, revealing a data line: the currently online yers numbered 720/1000. Among them, Jiang Qiao was the highest level at level 10.

    The second-highest yer, a Priest named ''Milk Without Price Increase,'' had reached level 9. Following them were five level-8 yers.

    This was the server''s leading group. The server had only been open for a day, so reaching an average level of 25 within ten days should be achievable.

    "These warriors, or rather these yers, are the most talented I''ve seen. The training methods you''ve provided will also enable them to grow rapidly. As for repelling invaders from a level 35 or so dimension, I think they''ll manage," Hai Lan said with a hint of uncertainty. She floated before Jiang Qiao, her deep blue eyes gazing at him. "And instead of worrying here, you''d better hurry up and level up."

    "To think I''d be urged to level up by an NPC in my lifetime, as long as they aren''t urging me to spend money," Jiang Qiao muttered.

    Jiang Qiao walked towards the outskirts of Lionheart City to begin his leveling journey.

    After three hours, Jiang Qiao''s level increased from 10 to 11, and he received a private message from Zhao Mingwei.

    "I''ve found a field BOSS. Wanna fight it, pro?"

    "Let''s go, send me the coordinates."

    "3251, 234, 2314."

    Jiang Qiao clicked on the coordinates sent by Zhao Mingwei. A virtual map appeared before Jiang Qiao.

    The map indicated a location on the left side of Lion in, where the monsters were mostly level 9 wild boars.

    In just three hours, Zhao Mingwei had reached level 8.

    His leveling speed was twice as fast as Jiang Qiao''s, making Jiang Qiao wonder if he had used some double experience potions or simr items.

    Perhaps that''s what makes a top yer.

    Jiang Qiao arrived at the coordinates Zhao Mingwei provided, finding him already waiting for some time. Upon seeing Jiang Qiao, Zhao Mingwei immediately sent a party request.

    The party request was quickly epted by Jiang Qiao. At this time, Zhao Mingwei''s equipment had also updated from newbie gear to level 5 gear.

    Shamefully, Jiang Qiao''s equipment was also just a set of level 5 basic gear, except for the magic wand in his hand, which was a level 10 blue rare quality item.

    But newbie gear would be quickly reced. For now, Jiang Qiao was just testing the game''sbat system.

 Chapter 6: Passersby

    <h4>Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Passersby</h4>

    The Wild Boar King stood at a towering height of two meters, but Mingwei Zhao used the agility boost from his Fighter ss to jump above the Wild Boar King!

    His left hand clenched into a fist, a red glow enveloping his left glove, and Mingwei Zhao delivered a powerful downward punch directly onto the Wild Boar King''s forehead.

    Ground Smash!

    A level five basic skill of the Fighter ss.

    The release condition requires jumping into the air, with higher jumps dealing more damage and having a knockback effect.

    Mingwei Zhao''s Ground Smash struck the Wild Boar King''s head, but it didn''t even budge, nor did it show any visible wounds.

    However, when Mingwei Zhao''s fist made contact with the Wild Boar King''s head, he clearly saw ripples spread across the boar''s skin in response to the punch''s force.

    He could truly feel that his fist hit a piece of flesh, not just numbers calcted by the system.

    This delicate sense of impact could only be experienced in reality!

    A damage of -7 floated above the Wild Boar King''s head, and the boar let out a roar, its two-meter-long tusks thrusting upward, about to pierce Mingwei Zhao''s body when suddenly, a long water string appeared behind him.

    The string yanked Mingwei Zhao''s body back, pulling him out of the Wild Boar King''s attack range.

    Mingwei Zhao nced back to see that the string came from the Water Spirit, summoned by Jiang Qiao.

    "Thanks, brother!"

    Mingwei Zhao thanked Jiang Qiao as hended on the ground and immediately jumped again, this time releasing the Fighter''s level zero skill, Copsing Fist.

    Another -8 damage floated above the Wild Boar King''s head.

    "The skill release in this game is really simple," Jiang Qiao remarked while waving his magic wand, currently following the path of an Elemental Summoner.

    The skills he learned were Water Spirit and Fire Spirit, each element controlling different skills.

    Jiang Qiao only needed to think of the skill name in his mind, and the system would automatically help him release the desired skill.

    The same applied to Mingwei Zhao''s Fighter ss; forplex moves, he only needed to think of the skill name in his mind, and the system would automatically execute it.

    Of course, thisbat assistance feature could be turned off, and Mingwei Zhao had turned it off after figuring out how it worked.

    No matter how high Mingwei Zhao''s gaming talent or how skilled his operations, an eighth-level character was still pitifully weak against a tenth-level Wild Boar King.

    The Wild Boar King had a total health of 1,500 points. It took Jiang Qiao and Mingwei Zhao half an hour to deplete half of its health.

    One mere swipe from the Wild Boar King could reduce Mingwei Zhao''s health by half.

    The margin for error in this boss fight was so slim that they could only afford one mistake, the second would result in aplete team wipe, yet Jiang Qiao and Mingwei Zhao cooperated so well that the Wild Boar King only managed to touch them once.

    But now... the Wild Boar King, who had been taking the hits, was finally about tond a second hit.

    It entered a Frenzy State, suddenly growing spikes all over its body, evolving from the Wild Boar King into a Steel-Backed Beast, or rather... a Porcupine King!

    Mingwei Zhao didn''t foresee that the boar could grow spikes. He had already thrown his punch, which collided directly with the spikes on the Wild Boar King''s back.

    -7 damage floated above the Wild Boar King''s head, while -120 appeared over Mingwei Zhao''s head.

    "I''m in bleeding status, it''s an over-taunt, you go first!" Mingwei Zhao''s rich gaming experience immediately judged the situation, they were about to be wiped out!

    "Okay! See you in the main city!" Jiang Qiao responded without hesitation.

    "So, you''re really ditching your teammate this decisively?"

    "It''s not like you can''t be revived after dying."

    Just as Jiang Qiao was about to log out and start over, a +32 floated above Mingwei Zhao''s head as his health hit rock bottom!

    ''Heal-No-Milk cast Quick Healing on Happy Gaming.''

    ''Happy Gaming restored 32 health points.''

    Two system messages popped up from the corner of Jiang Qiao''s eye as he turned to see a Priestess with a cross in hand, just finishing a spell.

    "We have a healer? I think we can save this! Can you heal me again?" Mingwei Zhao''s health was lifted just in time, and he rolled on the ground, dodging the Wild Boar King''s charge, but his bleeding status persisted.

    If this continued, Mingwei Zhao would die from blood loss in ten seconds.

    "Thatst heal was 30 copper coins, pay up and I''ll keep healing!" Heal-No-Milk suddenly shouted.

    "What the heck? It''s an ambush and robbery?" Jiang Qiao thought Heal-No-Milk was being kind and helping out.

    "MP potions aren''t free! Thirty copper coins, I guarantee you won''t die. Even if you do, I have the Resurrection Technique!" Heal-No-Milk stood by, ready to stop healing unless they paid up.

    "Can we pay after the boss fight?"

    All the Wild Boar King''s aggro was on Mingwei Zhao, leaving him no chance to trade.

    "No way!" She was very decisive.

    "I just sent you sixty copper coins by mail, hurry up!" Jiang Qiao took the time to send an email to the Priestess. She checked her mail and nodded contently.

    "Alright! Add me to the party!"

    Jiang Qiao added her to the group, a level ten Priest.

    With the healer on board, the margin for error against the Wild Boar King increased significantly, but it still took the trio another half hour to deplete thest half of the Wild Boar King''s health.

    Finally, a small fireball cast by Jiang Qiao''s Fire Spirit set the Wild Boar King''s spikes aze, and the entire boar let out a wail before copsing to the ground.

    Jiang Qiao''s experience went from level eleven at ny-five percent to level twelve at two percent, while Mingwei Zhao leveled up directly to nine, and Heal-No-Milk remained at level ten.

    "Phew..." Mingwei Zhao sat down heavily on the ground.

    "Are you okay?" Heal-No-Milk looked at him, who seemed exhausted.

    Earlier, Mingwei Zhao had been rammed by the Wild Boar King multiple times. Jiang Qiao remembered setting the pain sensitivity of this world to zero.

    In other words, no matter how the game character was attacked, there would be no pain, just a red warning effect to alert yers.

    But some yers could still adjust their pain perception.

    "My legs... are numb." Mingwei Zhao found he couldn''t stand and copsed onto the grass. "But it felt great..."

    "Great? That Wild Boar King nearly finished you off several times. Are you guys masochists?" Heal-No-Milk recalled the battle, filled with many tense moments. If not for Jiang Qiao and Mingwei Zhao''s incredible skills, they would have met in the graveyard for sure.

    "It''s the exhration of defeating a formidable foe. I can feel it too. And the Wild Boar King dropped five pieces of loot, all beginner gear. How should we split these?"

    Jiang Qiao spread his hand, and five blue equipment illusions floated before them.

    "You first." Mingwei Zhao initially called Jiang Qiao "master" as a tease, but this time, he was genuinely in awe. During the Wild Boar King raid, Jiang Qiao''s multiple saves and his ability to control the Wild Boar King''s movements had impressed Mingwei Zhao deeply.

    He hadn''t fully understood the game''s system yet, but Jiang Qiao, as a Summoner, controlled two summoned beasts like he had over twenty different skills.

    If this was seven years ago, during his time in Conquest, Mingwei Zhao would have recruited Jiang Qiao into his guild immediately. Unfortunately, he hadn''t established a guild in this game.

    "Spirit Light Cloak and Spirit Light Gloves. The remaining three are yours." Jiang Qiao didn''t hesitate, taking the twoponents of the Spirit Light set, a level ten gear usable by any magic ss.

    The set effect increased intellect by 20 points and granted a five-second invisibility skill.

    Mingwei Zhao took two of the remaining pieces, and due to her previous payment, Heal-No-Milk hesitated to ask for equipment but Jiang Qiao kindly gave her a ne.

    After distributing the loot, Mingwei Zhao and the Priestess both logged off, as it was six in the morning in the real world, and Jiang Qiao also chose to log off.

    On the Saint Spirit app, Jiang Qiao had another feature to test, named ''Spirit Descent.'' This function had a simple purpose: to bring game characters into the real world!@@novelbin@@

 Chapter 7 - 7 Soul Descend (Update 3)

    <h4>Chapter 7: Chapter 7 Soul Descend (Update 3)</h4>

    Jiang Qiao arrived in the rtively spacious living room, took out his phone, and opened thetest version of the game app.

    This version of the app was unique to Jiang Qiao, while other yers'' apps only had one function to log into the game...

    But Jiang Qiao''s app had a bunch of new functions created by the creator, Jiang Qiao himself.

    The most important of these functions was the ''Abyss Rift''.

    Jiang Qiao clicked on the Abyss Rift option, and a map of Jiang City, the city where Jiang Qiao was located, instantly appeared on the screen. The map currently showed nothing.

    When the spatial rifts of the invading dimension opened on Blue Star and monsters began to invade the city, the map would show the location of the spatial rifts.

    Then came the core gamey, Abyss Hunting!

    "Hai Lan, lift my summoning restriction," Jiang Qiao said.

    "It''s already lifted, but the world barrier of Blue Star is still very stable. Summoning your character here will consume a lot of energy," Hai Lan said.

    Hai Lan walked out of Jiang Qiao''s kitchen with a basket of strawberries, warning him while munching on them.

    "How much energy will it consume?" Jiang Qiao nced at his phone screen.

    In the Abyss Rift interface, the only summoning option turned from gray to yellow, indicating that Jiang Qiao could use the summoning option.

    "About three hundred units of energy. That amount could build a city in my world," Hai Lan said with a pained expression, though she kept stuffing strawberries into her mouth, making her voice sound a bit muffled.

    Jiang Qiao felt a bit heartbroken seeing her nearly finish off the big bag of strawberries he just bought, but what hurt him the most was...

    "Three hundred? Why don''t you just rob me? No, why doesn''t Blue Star rob me instead!"

    Jiang Qiao had experienced the creator state and knew what three hundred units of energy could create.

    The daily maintenance cost of the game was only fifty units of energy, with the biggest drain being the daily refresh of monsters and equipment.

    Currently, tens of thousands of monsters were active on a 240-square-kilometer map, each consuming only about zero point zero zero zero one units of energy.

    Energy consumption only spiked significantly when creating new monsters, new equipment, or new cities.

    "Because your character knows magic! Blue Star has no magic! When the invading dimension tears this world''s rule barriers apart, summoning game characters near the spatial rifts won''t consume as much energy," Hai Lan said.

    "So it''s a rift-exclusive feature? Let''s give it a try first; I need to ensure there are no problems," Jiang Qiao said.

    Jiang Qiao sat on the sofa and clicked on the summoning option, feeling his consciousness immediately being stripped away. When he opened his eyes again, he saw himself sitting on the sofa.

    "I was mentally prepared, but to actually summon it is still unbelievable..."

    Jiang Qiao looked incredulously at his own hands, wearing the Spirit Light Gloves dropped by the Wild Boar King.

    To further confirm, Jiang Qiao went to the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the living room to check his appearance... It was indeed the summoner character who had hammered the Wild Boar King with Water and Fire Spirits in the game!

    The mysterious inscriptions on the light blue robe emitted a dim glow. The face under the hood looked more delicate than Jiang Qiao''s real appearance, with dark gray hair.

    Jiang Qiao could still see the game interface in his view; health, mana, experience, inventory, and other options were all there, though the mailbox and some social functions were grayed out.

    Simultaneously, Jiang Qiao felt a special power flowing within him¡ªthis was probably the so-called magic power.

    Water Spirit Summon!

    Jiang Qiao''s left hand manifestedplex runes, and about five seconds of chantingter, a blob of azure liquid appeared beside him, suspended in mid-air with two eyes staring nkly at Jiang Qiao.

    "This feeling is really... exhrating," Jiang Qiao said with a smile as he looked at the floating Water Spirit, which also smiled back, blowing a bubble.

    At that moment, Jiang Qiao felt a subtle connection with this elemental creation.

    If this were in the game world, Jiang Qiao would feel nothing special, but having magic powers from the game in the real world was an experience every yer would yearn for.

    This made Jiang Qiao quite fond of his ''summoner'' character''s body. He sat back on the sofa in this form, sitting next to his real-world body, cing his Magic Wand aside, and picking up a bottle of c from the table to open it.

    "Three hundred units of energy just to stay in the real world for ten minutes," Hai Lan said, suddenly appearing in front of Jiang Qiao, snatching the c from his hand. "If you stay any longer, it will cost even more!"

    "I''m just trying to perfect this function further. Besides, those strawberries you''re eating are quite expensive," Jiang Qiao said.

    Jiang Qiao signaled the Water Spirit to extend a tendril and retrieve the c from Hai Lan. Hearing the word ''strawberry,'' Hai Lan guiltily stuffed a few more into her mouth and stopped criticizing Jiang Qiao.

    "First, we need to make sure game characters can''t touch objects in the real world," Jiang Qiao said, shaking the c without drinking it. Game characters didn''t have taste perception¡ªthey were set as ''Spiritual Bodies,'' heroes existing to purify evil beings.

    "Why do that?" Hai Lan asked.

    "Not all yers controlling game characters are good people, and suddenly having such power in the real world can lead to losing oneself," Jiang Qiao said.

    Jiang Qiao summoned another Fire Spirit with a wave, but quickly dismissed it. If a fire started, he''d have nowhere to live.

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    Having such powerful abilities in the real world, without worrying about exposing identity, could easily turn any MMORPG into a robbery game.

    Also, many yer skills were AOE; if they harmed ordinary people, the public reaction would be very negative.

    "We should modify attack and attack-type skills to only affect invading dimension monsters, but should healing skills be modified this way too?" Hai Lan asked, cing the empty strawberry basket on the table.

    "Healing actually works?" Jiang Qiao immediately realized the impact this game could have on modern society.

    It might lead to an era where everyone practices cultivation... no, levels up.

    "Yes, but don''t think Resurrection Technique will work on people from this world. I don''t yet have enough energy to alter Blue Star''s reincarnation rules; it might work for fragments of other worlds, though," Hai Lan said.

    "Regr healing is enough! Healing effects don''t need to be changed! Also, when yers want to use their game characters to save people... this requires aplex determination system. I''d better modify it in the creator state," Jiang Qiao said.

    Jiang Qiao discussed until he concluded this summoning. When his consciousness returned to his original body, the summoner had disappeared, and the Water Spirit had turned into an ordinary puddle on the floor.

 Chapter 8 - 8 Future Plans

    <h4>Chapter 8: Chapter 8 Future ns</h4>

    Jiang Qiao woke up from his creator state, and the familiar living room was still in front of him. However, the food that Hai Lan was eating had changed from strawberries to cucumbers.

    "..." Jiang Qiao looked at the girl gnawing on a cucumber like a prairie dog, opened his mouth but still couldn''t say anything.

    Hai Lan, this creator who had not been on Blue Star for long, naturally wanted to try the local specialties of Blue Star.

    "I''ve already made the modifications. In the spirit descent state, yers cannot harm anything on Blue Star. Additionally, there is a determination system. When they have the thought of rescuing someone, they will be able to interact with real-world objects for a short time. Simply put, there is no friendly fire. The rest we just wait for nine days until the invasion from that dimension arrives."

    Jiang Qiao looked at his phone interface again. The spirit descent option had already turned gray. yers can only activate this function when an Abyss Rift appears.

    "Do you have any ns for this world next?" Hai Lan finished eating her cucumber and burped without anydylike demeanor before asking, "Should we first inform the world''s nations about the invasion?"

    Jiang Qiao''s gaze shifted to the television in the living room. Hai Lan had already skillfully turned on the TV, which was broadcasting the news.

    "How to inform them? Say that the end of the world ising and if you''re a brother,e y Holy Spirit? I''m afraid someone will show up at my door to chop me down."

    Jiang Qiao temporarily didn''t have this n, even though some of his family members worked in the government. He knew that telling them this kind of thing would only lead to one possible oue.

    First, being taken to a psychiatric hospital for an evaluation, then, after nine days when the invasion arrives, being invited for a tea session.

    Jiang Qiao had ways to make those in power believe him, but...

    "We can''t be too hasty. If we rush, many things will deteriorate." Jiang Qiao said.

    "Deteriorate? The world I create has an infinite shelf life! Unless..." Hai Lan trailed off suddenly.

    "Unless it explodes again?"

    Jiang Qiao mercilessly jabbed at this failed creator goddess. This time, it was Hai Lan''s turn to open her mouth not knowing how to respond. Frustrated, she picked up another cucumber and started gnawing on it again.

    "This game will change the way of life for everyone in this world." Jiang Qiao stopped tormenting Hai Lan and began discussing future ns, "The ability to summon the game world into reality means that everyone will y this game and want to make their game characters powerful."

    "Isn''t that great? This has four billion people! All of them bing our warriors, what dimension on the star map can''t we conquer?" Hai Lan''s cheeks puffed out, not realizing that talking while eating is a bad habit.

    "Indeed, so everything has to be done gradually."

    Jiang Qiao felt helpless too. Currently, the server limit could only support a thousand yers. To expand the server capacity, they had to devour other worlds.

    But Jiang Qiao believed that in the future it would eventually expand to an ''open beta'', a time when there was no need to limit the number of yers logging in.

    "Also, even if something happens midway, I still have ast resort, making the participants have a small dream during the first dimension invasion."

    Jiang Qiao shared his method that he could implement under the creator mode.

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    "This... will consume a lot of energy." Hai Lan, of course, understood what the so-called dream entailed; it was making the participants believe that everything happened only in the game.

    "It''s okay." Jiang Qiao said, "The rest is about my personal ns."

    "I''m listening." Hai Lan continued to listen to Jiang Qiao''s ns.

    "This is only necessary when there are fewer yers at the early stages. When there are more yers, it won''t be needed. I can create a sub-world or something to serve as the battlefield. For the current stage, the priority is to make money quietly." Jiang Qiao said.

    "Sub-world? I feel like I understand a bit, but as long as you don''t reveal your identity, I''m fine with it."

    Hai Lan absolutely did not support Jiang Qiao exposing himself as the creator. She didn''t trust any human in this world, except for Jiang Qiao, whose soul was bound to hers.

    Initially, Hai Lan was somewhat disgusted by Jiang Qiao, but after being disciplined thoroughly by him in creator mode, she decided to coexist harmoniously with her host.

    "What about you? Do you have any ns for the future?" Jiang Qiao looked at the goddess who never seemed to stop munching.

    "Me?" Hai Lan fiercely took a bite of the carrot in her hand and then said, "I''m going to eat all the surrounding worlds!"

    "Surrounding worlds? Isn''t there only one dimension invading Blue Star?" Jiang Qiao looked at the news on the TV, "The end of the world is reallying, fortunately, the heroes have arrived too."

 Chapter 9 - 9 Mind Energy Master

    <h4>Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Mind Energy Master</h4>

    Eight dayster, at the headquarters of the Jiangcheng Royal Battalion.

    Today''s daily team training was like usual, and during the lunch break after the training, Zhao Mingwei was browsing thetest news on various game forums and tieba on his phone in the dining room.

    Whether it was in chat groups or on tieba, and even on Weibo, Zhao Mingwei couldn''t find any news rted to "Zero Sanctity."

    There were one or two posts in the forums saying, "yed a game that rivals the real world!"

    But the replies to the posts were all dismissive.

    One hundred percent real experience, except for theck of pain, all other sensations areplete, with clothing details intricate to the finest silk.

    The current level of VR games couldn''t reach such precision. This post was treated as bragging by forum yers at the time and soon buried.

    If Zhao Mingwei hadn''t yed this game, he definitely would have thought the post was nonsense.

    After all, it was truly strange, almost eerie.

    You didn''t need a VR headset to log into the game, you just clicked on your phone, and the gaming process could rece sleep.

    He tried it; he stayed up all night ying the game, and the next day he wasn''t just not tired, he was unusually energetic.

    The login method alone convinced Zhao Mingwei that this probably wasn''t something humans could have created.

    Could it be a game made by aliens?

    Moreover, there were very few yers on the server. Zhao Mingwei yed for eight days and only met two friends, named "No Updates Today" and "No Extra Charge For Healing."

    So far, there was no advertising for this game on the market. Zhao Mingwei didn''t even know how to download it, as if the game chose him rather than him choosing it.

    "Xiang Ye, do you think the game he mentioned is real or fake?"

    Lin Xi appeared out of nowhere with a lunch box, he sat down beside Zhao Mingwei and asked mysteriously.

    "Definitely fake." Zhao Mingwei answered Lin Xi without even thinking.

    The Royal Battalion''s management was very strict with him. ying mobile andputer games was okay, but if he yed otherrge-scale VR games, the club would verbally warn him.

    This was also the reason why Zhao Mingwei didn''t have a good rtionship with the Royal Battalion''s management. Unfortunately, he was young and naive back then and signed an exploitative contract. For two years, he could only appear as the Royal Battalion''s star yer "Laughing."

    "I think it''s real." Lin Xi said while taking a bite of his meal, "The posts on the game forum have special discussions, and the game is indeed fun."

    "Fun? You... have yed it?"

    Zhao Mingwei realized at this point that Lin Xi was not here to gossip about games but to show off that he also had a game ount or login rights!

    "Of course, I yed it. But the game doesn''t allow live streaming or taking screenshots, so there''s no evidence." Lin Xi, who had a looser contract with the club, didn''t mind these things.

    "Wanna team up tonight?" Zhao Mingwei lowered his voice and asked softly.

    "No way? Laughing Ye, you... fine! See you in Lionheart City."

    Lin Xi and Zhao Mingwei had been friends for many years and knew each other''s thoughts. Lin Xi hurriedly finished his meal and returned to his ce.

    ...

    Around three in the morning, the time when professional yers should be resting, in Lionheart City.

    Jiang Qiao was stretching in front of the Resurrector''s Temple in Lionheart City. The growth of his in-game character would be reflected in his real body.

    Most noticeably, Jiang Qiao''s neck and back didn''t ache when staying upte, so to maintain his good physique, he had to exercise in the game.

    "Sorry to bete, master."

    "Happy Game," controlled by Zhao Mingwei, appeared beside Jiang Qiao. In eight days, he had reached level twenty-five, while Jiang Qiao was at level twenty-six.

    Jiang Qiao had already received the Summoner''s transfer quest yesterday. The base transfer for a level twenty-five Summoner had three choices: Undead Summoner, Elemental Summoner, and Beast Summoner.

    Because of his fondness for water spirits, Jiang Qiao chose the Elemental Summoner''s transfer quest.

    He was a bit disappointed that the transfer didn''t trigger a job change when he took the quest, but the job change could still be triggered during the transfer quest.

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    "Have you received your transfer quest?" Jiang Qiao finished his stretch and looked at Zhao Mingwei approaching him.

    "I received a quest at the Fighter''s Guild, deciding to transfer to Boxer." Zhao Mingwei was d that there was a profession in the game very simr to his fighting skills.

    The Fighter''s basic transfer had three branches: Boxer, which focused on strengthening boxing skills; Qi Refiner, which used "qi" to fight; and Judo, which specialized in grappling.

    Jiang Qiao found this setting familiar, thinking that as the creator, he must have referenced some game. He even wondered where the streetfighter profession that used underhanded methods like poison, bricks, and sand had gone.

    It turned out that the streetfighter was a hidden job change for Fighters. The requirement was a negative ten charm value and certain rtions with Lionheart City''s underground thug organization.

    "What''s your charm value?" Jiang Qiao thought of this and wondered if he could get Zhao Mingwei a hidden job change.

    "Fifteen points, any new strategies?"

    During the two days they teamed up, Zhao Mingwei also shared many hidden NPC quest triggers with Jiang Qiao.

    Charm value was the most important index for triggering hidden quests. The higher the charm, the easier it was to talk to NPCs. A low charm might attract special NPC appreciation.

    In yers'' lifestyle professions, there was also oratory as a skill influencing NPC rtions.

    "Too high, are you interested in throwing energy balls?" Jiang Qiao posed in a way indicating a qigong wave.

    "You want me to go as a Qi Refiner?" Zhao Mingwei had asked an NPC at the Fighter''s Guild about professions. Only Qi Refiner could cast "waves."

    "A more extreme hidden profession called Mind Energy Master. I heard from an NPC master in Qi they specialize in throwing energy balls."

    Jiang Qiao''s suggestion was a bit selfish. The day after tomorrow was the time when the invading dimension would arrive, and Zhao Mingwei was one of the yers closest to the invading dimension.

    The monsters in the invading dimension were mostly dark attribute, and the mind energy of a Mind Energy Master had some restraining effect on dark elements.

    "Mind Energy Master? How did you know about this hidden profession?" Zhao Mingwei remembered that Jiang Qiao was a Summoner.

    "Because my intelligence is over 250, and my charm is above fifteen. Yesterday, when I passed by the Fighter''s Guild, a master in Qi asked if I wanted to ''work'' for them," Jiang Qiao said.

    "Really? The way these NPCs act in this game is strange. Sometimes, I thought they were real people."

    During the past eight days, Zhao Mingwei had encountered many strange NPCs. Sometimes they were like preset programs, standing there just issuing quests, but other times they would makements that didn''t fit their character.

    "The transfer requirement for Mind Energy Master is two hundred fifty intelligence and fifteen charm. I recall you got a bottle of forgetting potion in the Deep Dark Swamp instance; I also have one. Wanna try it?"

    Jiang Qiao took out the blue forgetting potion and waved it. Zhao Mingwei relied mainly on strength stats for his Fighter, but if he reset his stats to focus on intelligence and added some intelligence gear, he could get over two hundred fifty intelligence.

    "It... can be tried..." Zhao Mingwei thought for a moment and decided to agree. He specialized in fighting roles in "Conflicts," which was why he chose Fighter.

    But ying games meant trying everything. He didn''t want to be confined to the glory of "Laughing" all his life, and Zhao Mingwei was quite interested in the job change system in this game.

    As for Lin Xi, who hadn''t logged in yet, he was still being scolded by the coach. Zhao Mingwei could first take a trip to the Fighter''s Guild.

 Chapter 10: Bouncy Fun

    <h4>Chapter 10: Chapter 10: Bouncy Fun</h4>

    Lionheart City had three main professional guilds: the Magic Guild, the Melee Guild, and the Gunner Guild.

    Under these three main guilds were several smaller factions. The ce Jiang Qiao brought Zhao Mingwei to was the Fighter''s Guild of the Melee Guild.

    The NPC Chao Yuan, who was in charge of job changes in the Fighter''s Guild, let out a sigh when he saw Zhao Mingweiing to apply for a job change task.

    "Your body strength is too weak. Wanting to be a Qi Refiner is a wrong decision, but I see another possibility in you," Chao Yuan said.

    Zhao Mingwei nced at Jiang Qiao upon hearing this. ording to the script, shouldn''t this NPC recognize a rare talent and offer him a hidden quest?

    However, after reallocating his points, Zhao Mingwei''s strength was only five. This level of strength made him essentially useless in the Fighter''s Guild.

    "You remind me of my weak self in the past. Young adventurer, even though your body is so weak, do you still want to pursue the path of Qi Refinement?" Chao Yuan asked.

    No, I want to change to a Boxer...

    Under Jiang Qiao''s suggestion, Zhao Mingwei still nodded. After all, he was just a weakling with a strength of only five.

    "I see no confusion in your eyes. Very well... Your body harbors a powerful magic talent capable of withstanding this power." As Chao Yuan spoke, he removed his upper clothing, revealing sturdy muscles marked with old scars, and on his back was a tattoo of a roaring lion.

    This tattoo seemed almost alive. Zhao Mingwei could feel the roar of the lion tattoo.

    "This is called the Telekinesis Beast Tattoo. It is a power I inherited from a distant ancient country. As long as you pass the beast''s test, you can gain abilities not inferior to those of a Qi Refiner. But the process always entails the risk of death. Do you ept?"

    At the moment Chao Yuan finished speaking, a series of system prompts appeared in front of Zhao Mingwei.

    ''Hidden Job Task Triggered: Mind Energy Master.''

    ''Task Description: Enter the telekinesis beast instance alone and pass the challenge toplete the job task. The instance is limited to three challenges. Requirements: Level 25, Intelligence above 250 points, and Charisma above 15 points.''

    "A limited task?" It was the first time in eight days that Zhao Mingwei had received an NPC task with a failure condition.

    The greatest advantage yers had was that death just meant losing some experience and money. Zhao Mingwei could simply try again. But with a limit on challenge attempts, failing three times could mean never being able to change to the Mind Energy Master ss again.

    "ept. With a hidden instance, we must give it a try."

    Zhao Mingwei and Jiang Qiao were both hardcore gamers. They always yed at the highest difficulty and would not start the next game until they had uncovered every secret in the current one.

    Greater challenges were not hardship for Zhao Mingwei but a process of enjoyment.

    "Your current strength is only five points. Can your output keep up?" Jiang Qiao reminded Zhao Mingwei, as he had put all his attributes into Intelligence.

    "Trying is better than doing nothing." Zhao Mingwei epted the job change task. Jiang Qiao watched as he disappeared from view, transported into the job change instance.

    "Hai Lan, open a portal; I want to watch."

    Jiang Qiao had nothing to do while waiting at the Fighter''s Guild, so he decided to see how well Zhao Mingwei understood the game.

    "Let me find it. It should be here." Hai Lan waved his hand, opening a cerulean portal. Jiang Qiao entered the portal in his Soul Body form.

    The other side of the portal was a deep space like the cosmos. At the center of this space was a tform made of pure white stone.

    Zhao Mingwei had already assumed a battle stance, waiting for the instance monsters to spawn. But after two seconds, the tform''s stones suddenly crumbled.

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    A tall tower rapidly rose from the center of the tform. The stones floated randomly in the air under an unseen force.

    Jiang Qiao understood the challenge of this special instance: ascend to the top of the tower.

    "Isn''t this just a jump challenge?" Jiang Qiao nced at the tower. The tower''s interior was solid. To ascend, one had to jump from one floating stone to another.

    The stones were arranged without any order and often changed positions.

    "He seems to be smiling." Hai Lan noticed the expression on Zhao Mingwei''s face when he saw the task condition. It was a rxed smile.

    "Probably because professional yers train for this kind of thing." Jiang Qiao spun in circles in the air in his ghostly state.

    For regr people, climbing the tower by stepping on the floating stones was a great challenge to their reflexes. Clumsy individuals would most likely fall into the abyss after just a few meters.

    But professional VR game yers like Zhao Mingwei had physical training regimes that often rivaled those of professional gymnasts.

    Zhao Mingwei was evidently among the best professional yers. Utilizing the agility boost from the Fighter ss, he leaped andnded on a floating stone.

    The stone sank slightly under his weight. Using the force from his feet, he jumped again and easilynded on a higher stone.

    Zhao Mingwei demonstrated the expert maneuvering of a jump challenge enthusiast to Jiang Qiao.

    His movements were continuous. Each second afternding, he would instantly leap towards a higher stone, exhibiting a seamless and impressive technique.

    The challenge had a five-minute time limit. As Zhao Mingwei ascended, fewer stones were avable to use, and when he was ten meters from the top, he finally made a mistake. The floating stone he stepped on was too small, causing him to slip.

    The consequence of this mistake was dire. He plummeted from a height of one hundred meters, crashing to the ground and losing all his health.

    He chose to revive on the spot and immediately started his second attempt.

    The second attempt was more cautious. He no longer dared to take it lightly but still encountered the same issue near thest ten meters: a dearth of footholds.

    Seeing that the stone beneath him could not support his weight and was about to fall.

    In a split second, Zhao Mingwei grabbed a floating stone above, found a new foothold to the left, and leaped onto the edge of the tower, then struggled to climb to the top.

    Waiting for him at the top was a creature made of lightning and thunder, somewhere between a dragon and a tiger.

    Zhao Mingwei prepared to fight, but upon seeing the creature''s level at LV50, the thought "screw this" crossed his mind.

    However, the dragon-tiger did not attack him.

    "Challenger, you have outstandinglypleted my trial." A majestic voice rang in Zhao Mingwei''s ears. "You are qualified to inherit my power!"

    ''Mind Energy Master job change taskplete. Do you wish toplete the task?''

    Seeing the system prompt, Zhao Mingwei clicked ept without hesitation. The massive creature transformed into lightning and thunder, pouring into Zhao Mingwei''s body.

    At that moment, Zhao Mingwei clearly felt a unique power emerging within him, revitalizing his body.

    He immediately opened his stats and skill panels to check the new skills avable after the job change.

 Chapter 11: Switching Jobs

    <h4>Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Switching Jobs</h4>

    Telekinesis Beast¡¤Dragon Tiger Form.

    Skill Type: Passive.

    Skill Description: This poweres from the Mind Energy Master''s Telekinesis Beast Tattoo. The Telekinesis Beast is a divine beast worshiped in the extreme east of an ancient kingdom, now long forgotten. Although the kingdom has fallen into decline over thousands of years, and the divine beast has vanished without a trace, the bloodline of the Telekinesis Beast, passed down through the descendants of the extreme east, still bears witness to the former glory of this nation.

    Skill Attribute: Light attribute enhancement increased by 10%

    Zhao Mingwei first looked at the core skill of the Mind Energy Master. This core skill confirmed that Zhao Mingwei would focus on enhancing his light attribute in the future. The skill tree also revealed three more active skills.

    The first is the Mind Energy Master''s core output skill.

    Spiritual Energy Wave

    Skill Type: Active.

    Learning Level: Level 25.

    Skill Description: Converts spiritual energy into a tangible form and releases it forward, with the enemy having a certain chance to enter an Electric Shock State.

    Skill Attribute...

    When Zhao Mingwei saw this description, a light sphere appeared in his hand. He could clearly feel the spiritual energy flowing within him, and the skills he mastered were far more than just game icons and data.

    The second active skill is Telekinesis Energy Surrounding; its effect summons a Spiritual Energy Orb to protect oneself, with up to three Spiritual Energy Orbs able to be summoned.

    The third active skill is named Telekinesis Beast¡¤Dragon Tiger Roar.

    This is the skill Zhao Mingwei values the most, a core skill for the Mind Energy Master, a ss that relies on closebat despite being an intelligence-based build.

    Telekinesis Beast¡¤Dragon Tiger Roar''s effect is to summon the dragon and tiger from the Telekinesis Beast Tattoo to surround oneself, adding light attribute magic damage to normal attacks.

    This ss skill tree also contained many powerful skills. After ncing over a couple of them, Zhao Mingwei felt an impulse to quit his club and dedicate all his time to leveling up.

    Unfortunately, reality did not allow him to do so.

    Afterpleting the job transition quest, Zhao Mingwei immediately exited the instance space, not wanting to keep Jiang Qiao waiting...

    "So, how strong is this ss?" Although Jiang Qiao could guess what skills the Mind Energy Master had, he wasn''t clear on the exact data of the skills.

    "Very strong, thank you, master."

    As a professional yer, Zhao Mingwei could tell that the Mind Energy Master''s future growth was not weak, and moments ago, he triggered a hidden task.

    ''ss Main Task Telekinesis Beast Tattoo Collection: The extreme east has been buried in the river of time, but the Telekinesis Beasts still await their master''s arrival in the world''s corners. Heir of the spiritual energy, go and find more Telekinesis Beasts to strengthen yourself!''

    So there was more than one Telekinesis Beast!

    Upon seeing this hidden main task, Zhao Mingwei understood that this ss had enormous growth potential. While thinking about finding that NPC named Chao Yuan to ask for more details, a friend request popped up.

    The applicant''s ID was Daydreaming; Zhao Mingwei knew it was his friend Lin Xi''s ID.

    "Master, I want to practice my skills; I have a friend joining too, can we go to a dungeon together?"

    In the eight days Zhao Mingwei and Jiang Qiao spent leveling together, their rtionship changed from ordinary online friends to actual friends.

    Zhao Mingwei was an idealistic person, or more urately, he hadn''t experienced much of society''s harshness and had a simple view of interpersonal rtionships.

    So in reality, Zhao Mingwei was the type of person who... was pretty easy to bully in a certain sense.

    "Let''s help meplete the job transfer instance first. If your friend''s level is high enough, they can join us."

    Jiang Qiao had a good guess about who Zhao Mingwei''s friend was, the sniper of the Overlord team, Lin Xi, with the game ID Daydreaming, who was also very famous in thepetitive gaming circle, hailed as the ''Sniper God'' by online gamers.

    However, in thest two seasons, Lin Xi''s performance had severely declined in matches, underperforming in multiple games and being mockingly called the ''Daydreaming Sniper God'' by online gamers.

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    Jiang Qiao met the ''Daydreaming Sniper God'' Lin Xi, who''s been idling through nine out of ten matches, at the city gates of Lion Heart City.

    His in-game character resembled a gunslinger from the Wild West, simr to the faction he was part of in thepetitive scene.

    "Laugh... uh, you''re already level 25? You''ve already done your job transfer quests... Were you sneaking game time during training?"

    Lin Xi initially thought his level 23 was quite high, only to find Zhao Mingwei out-leveled him by two levels and was apanied by a level 26 Summoner.

    "Don''t talk nonsense, I only y while sleeping." Zhao Mingwei''s voice sounded slightly stern; as the captain of the Overlord team, while his mind was no longer onpetitive games, his strong sense of responsibility prevented him from ying other games during ''work'' hours.

    "Okay, I believe you... And this is?" Lin Xi refrained from calling Zhao Mingwei ''Laugh Master'' because Jiang Qiao, an ''outsider,'' was present.

    "No Updates Today, a very powerful master." Zhao Mingwei seriously introduced Jiang Qiao to Lin Xi.

    "Mas...ter?" Lin Xi was stunned for a couple of seconds upon hearing Zhao Mingwei calling Jiang Qiao ''master,'' then he lightly elbowed Zhao Mingwei and lowered his voice to ask, "Which club is he from? Could he be someone from Upper City Nuclear Club?"

    In this world, there were not many yers whom Zhao Mingwei would call ''master,'' but to use ''master'' to address Zhao Mingwei was quitemon.

    "Are you professional yers?" Jiang Qiao could hear the low murmurs between Lin Xi and Zhao Mingwei.

    "Consider us professionals, but we''re of the second tier." Lin Xi quickly mocked himself.

    "Let''s help the master finish the job transfer instance first, it''s almost eight o''clock." Zhao Mingwei tactfully changed the subject to avoid discussing his true identity further.

    Jiang Qiao didn''t pursue the matter any further; his goal at this stage was to y along and recruit them when the time was right.

    The Elemental Summoner''s job transfer quest was very simple. Compared to the Mind Energy Master''s crazy tform jumping challenge, the Elemental Summoner''s instance just required defeating the four elemental guardians.

    The Elemental Summoner''s job transfer instance allowed team entry, but the difficulty increased with more participants. After bringing along Zhao Mingwei and Lin Xi, the instance Boss''s health doubled.

    A standard job transfer instance was inherently very straightforward, ssified as the lowest beginner difficulty level, containing only the Fire, Water, Wind, and Dark Elemental Lords as bosses. Zhao Mingwei''s team took less than half an hour to dispatch all four bosses.

    ''The honor of the Elemental Spirit has been bestowed upon you!''

    When the instance waspleted, a system notification popped up in front of Jiang Qiao.

    Jiang Qiao also felt a unique power added within him. The Water Spirit and Fire Spirit orbiting him evolved at the moment the job transfer task waspleted.

    They emitted a pure white light. When the light faded, the once chibi Water Spirit and Fire Spirit evolved into more pronounced, Q-version two-headed figures.

    ''The Fire Spirit has evolved into the zing me Maid.''

    ''The Water Spirit has evolved into the Ice Crystal Maid.''

    "These aren''t maids; they''re more like little girls."

    Jiang Qiaomented, observing the two Elemental Spirits hovering beside him, who now looked like six or seven-year-old children.

    "Master, are you still ying? I also want to switch jobs." Lin Xi, growing familiar, approached Jiang Qiao to inquire. After the battle, Lin Xi was convinced that Jiang Qiao was undeniably... a big shot.

    "What job do you want to switch to?" Jiang Qiao also paid attention to Lin Xi''s leveling progress.

    Being in the same club as Zhao Mingwei, Lin Xi would definitely be a crucial asset when the Abyss Rift opens.

    "Bombardier. I asked at the ss guild, and this is the only gunner ss that can snipe." Lin Xi indeed lived up to his title of Sniper God, always holding the sniper role regardless of the game.

    "Bombardier? How about trying Gun Master... that ss also features sniper rifles." Jiang Qiao began rmending a ss capable of dealingrge-scale damage to Lin Xi.

    The Bombardier only had two different grenades as early-stage AOE skills, but the Gun Master was different... From the moment of job transfer, a Gun Master was a mobile heavy-weapon arsenal, decimating mobs without hesitation.

    "..."

    "Trust me, brother, you won''t regret it!" Jiang Qiao advanced, smiling, and patted Lin Xi on the shoulder. Lin Xi nced at the silent Zhao Mingwei.

    "I have never yed a gunner before, so I don''t have any guides for you. Make your own choice." Zhao Mingwei shrugged. Back when he and Lin Xi were both yers, Lin Xi had relied on Zhao Mingwei for all guides and advice.

    "Does the Gun Master also have sniping? Alright, I''ll give it a try." Lin Xi, after some thought, couldn''t resist the allure of big guns and cannons.

 Chapter 12 - 12 Preparation Before the Abyss (Please Recommend~)

    <h4>Chapter 12: Chapter 12 Preparation Before the Abyss (Please Rmend~)</h4>

    Nian Qi Cannon!

    Zhao Mingwei''s right palm gathered a white-glowing Nian Qi. He thrust his right hand forward, releasing the Nian Qi, which formed a destructive ball of light that shot towards the distant rebellion leader.

    The Nian Qi Cannon hit the rebellion leader, marking a -142 damage above his head, and blue electric arcs appeared on his body.

    Electric Shock State! The enemy''s light attribute damage is increased by 1.2 times!

    It was now ten in the morning. Zhao Mingwei was in Lin Xi''s Gun Master transfer instance, with the objective of eliminating the rebellion leader before him.

    The rebellion leader''s health was down to thest sliver under the attacks from Zhao Mingwei and Jiang Qiao''s fire spirit and water spirit.

    Once again, Zhao Mingwei gathered pale blue Nian Qi in his hand. His right hand gathered thunder, and with the sound of roaring thunder, another Nian Qi wave shot out, directly exploding on the rebellion leader''s body.

    -152 damage floated above the rebellion leader''s head as he copsed to the ground, his revolver dropping onto the dusty sandy ground, his face filled with unwillingness as he died.

    "He''s down!"

    Jiang Qiao watched as the instance environment quickly disintegrated. Transfer instances were mostly illusions. Regaining his senses, he found himself back in the Gunner Guild.

    Zhao Mingwei didn''t respond to Jiang Qiao; instead, he stared nkly at his hands.

    The feeling of releasing the Nian Qi Cannon was indescribably exhrating, entirely different from pressing a button to release a skill with a game controller in a VR game.

    He could feel the Nian Qi umting inside him as it guided out through his hands, causing destructive effects!

    ''It''s ten thirty in the morning, it''s time for your training,'' Lin Xi sent a private message to Zhao Mingwei.

    A reminder that his fun time was over for the day. Lin Xi also seemed a bit reluctant. He had justpleted his transfer quest and hadn''t even had time to check his new skills before needing to log out.

    "Master, we have to go to work. Let''s log off for today," Zhao Mingwei ryed the message to Jiang Qiao.

    "See you tomorrow."

    Jiang Qiao waved as the two professional yers disappeared from his sight. He nced at the time; it was nearly ten thirty.

    At that moment, Jiang Qiao opened a portal with a wave of his hand and stepped into the high tower at the top of Lionheart City''s castle¡ªthe Star Observation tform.

    "Great God..."

    Four elderly NPC Stargazers had been waiting for Jiang Qiao for a long time. This NPC was designed to monitor the nearby invading dimension and also knew Jiang Qiao''s identity.

    "You may leave."

    Jiang Qiao walked to the center of the tform, where there was an altar-like creation. Jiang Qiao ced the "Book of the System" on the altar.

    The surface of the "Book of the System" emitted a scorching light, projecting various light balls inside the tform.

    "The Demon Star ising," an NPC Stargazer, who had retreated, eximed fearfully, looking at the star map in mid-air.

    "Hai Lan, can you mute the nearby NPCs?"

    The NPCs Jiang Qiao created were semi-intelligent. They operated based on pre-set programs but asionally made special judgments. Jiang Qiao had also given them the potential to evolve.

    This meant these NPCs could develop emotions over time, but it would take a long period before that happened.

    Hai Lan waved her hand, and the NPCs around her fell like robots whose power had run out. She thennded beside Jiang Qiao, looking up at the star map.

    "The invading dimension will reach the main world in about four hours. Are you ready?" Hai Lan magnified the star map showing Blue Star.

    The pitch-ck orb near the Blue Star was so close that its light was gradually being swallowed and torn apart by the ck orb.

    "Should I say are we ready? What do you think we should offer as rewards for this Abyssal hunt?" Jiang Qiao asked.

    "Rewards? Just give those yers equipment. Haven''t humans always craved powerful items?"

    Hai Lan said as she conjured arge array of virtual equipment, all created by Jiang Qiao, the creator.

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    The equipment ranged in quality from gray, worn-out quality, white normal quality, blue magic quality, purple rare quality, orange epic quality, to dark gold legendary quality.

    The equipment Hai Lan showed to Jiang Qiao mostly consisted of blue, magic quality items, with asionally a rare purple item.

    Currently, level twenty-five yers mainly had magic equipment, with rare equipment already being scarce, and epic items being extremely rare.

    "Given the current leveling pace, twenty-five is just an interim level. Even good level twenty-five gear has limited appeal. Let me think... mounts."

    Jiang Qiao entered a search state and found thousands of mount types he had created in his memory.

    yers hadn''t yet unlocked the mount system. Jiang Qiao chose four typical mounts, such as the Chocobo and warhorse for standard mounts, and ghost dragon and griffin for flying mounts.

    Summoning items for the mounts appeared on the observation tform, including bridles, feathers, and whistles...

    "Equipment is still necessary. Level twenty-five interim gear isn''t very attractive. Let''s create a growth equipment system."

    Jiang Qiao opened the equipment editor and began crafting.

    "What is growth equipment?" Hai Lan floated behind Jiang Qiao, watching him add attributes to a ring.

    "Equipment that grows with the yer, a special red quality item, usable from level zero to max level."

    In less than half an hour, Jiang Qiao finished crafting the ring.

    Soul-absorbing Ring

    Quality: Special growth equipment.

    Level: 0

    Description: This ring can absorb souls to enhance itself, releasing three different skills when certain soul thresholds are reached.

    Equipment attributes: None.

    Currently collected soul count: 0.

    Jiang Qiao spent another two hours creating a bunch of weird growth equipment. Some were nearly useless, fitting for April Fool''s Day jokes, while others in a skilled yer''s hands would be top-tier items.

    "Done." Jiang Qiao created an item called the "Unbreakable Storage Bag," stuffing it with some created equipment, including level twenty-five rare and epic equipment, as well as mount bridles.

    Jiang Qiao had created about thirty pieces of special equipment, each consuming between fifty and three hundred points of energy. The total consumption reached nearly one thousand five hundred points.

    With four thousand six hundred points avable, this was a significant expenditure. Thankfully, once these items were created, copying them would only require one-fiftieth of the initial energy consumption.

    Creating special equipment consumed the most energy, followed by orange and dark gold items. Higher-level equipment required more energy, with negligible consumption for blue and white items. Creating epic and legendary equipment in the future would be extremely costly.

    This session made Jiang Qiao keenly aware of his vast need for creation energy and the importance of raising the yer level cap.

    Currently, the yer level cap was fifty. Raising it further required more than Hai Lan devouring world fragments.

    "Next, it''s up to you, Hai Lan." Jiang Qiao secured the storage bag, filled with various items, and handed it to Hai Lan.

    "Up to me for what?" Hai Lan eyed the storage bag, taller than herself, with unease.

    "Have you heard of Santa us? I haven''t figured out how to ce items inside invading dimension monsters yet, so during the Abyssal hunt, you''ll distribute the looted gear, Hai Lan."

    "You want me to fly around with this massive bag?"

    Hai Lan realized Jiang Qiao''s n.

    "Is there a problem?" Jiang Qiao smiled at Hai Lan. Though she wanted to argue, Jiang Qiao''s creator mode scared her into grudgingpliance, "I understand, I''ll do it."

    "The Abyss Rift will open in two hours. Hai Lan, killing those monsters gives both yers and us experience, correct?"

    Jiang Qiao pointed to his remaining energy of about three thousand points, not a small amount but not much either. His biggest issue was theck of means to recharge, with hunting other dimension creatures as his only option.

    "Creatures from other dimensions, once they leave their worlds, be detached from their world''s cycle. yers killing them absorb their power to strengthen... me," Hai Lan said, cing a hand on her chest.

    "That''s good."

    Jiang Qiao watched the ck invading dimension tearing the spatial barrier of Blue Star.

    "The celebration... begins. Hopefully, in the future, we''ll invade them instead of waiting to be attacked," Jiang Qiao murmured, ncing at his dwindling energy reserves.

 Chapter 13: You... Are Nothing (Part 3)

    <h4>Chapter 13: Chapter 13: You... Are Nothing (Part 3)</h4>

    Junlin Club.

    Zhao Mingwei had just finished his morning training and was receiving a scolding from the coach. It wasn''t quite a scolding; it was more of a persuasive talk.

    "Xiaoye, I know you''ve been in a slumptely, but your performance in the training matches is far below your standard."

    The coach looked at Zhao Mingwei''s data report with a mix of frustration and empathy.

    Zhao Mingwei had already be like steel, a piece of steel that had been through many battles. Buttely, this steel had grown soft, his mindpletely out of thepetition.

    In the recent training match against another team, Zhao Mingwei had made several mistakes that an experienced professional yer shouldn''t have made.

    "Yes." Zhao Mingwei didn''t argue back. He knew his performance had been slipping recently. Although he no longer wanted to stay with the Junlin team, this was his livelihood.

    "Even if you don''t want to y in this circuit, you still have two more years on your contract with Junlin. You can''t perform so poorly that you can''t win a single match, right? Hold on for these two years, and you can retire peacefully," the coach understood Zhao Mingwei''s plight.

    Hold on?

    When did ying games require endurance?

    Zhao Mingwei smiled bitterly but said nothing. The coach misunderstood his smile as something else.

    "Think about it, seven years in Confederation, you''ve dedicated seven years of your life to this game. If you retire, the most you can do is make a living ying Confederation on streaming. We''re all professional yers, but in the end, we''re just inte addicts who can''t do anything but y Confederation," the coach continued his psychological counseling.

    "Only in the professional arena of Confederation are you Xiaoye, the grand hero admired by countless yers, the God of Combat. In the real world, we''re nothing, right?"

    These words sounded especially harsh to Zhao Mingwei, but they were true.

    In the real world, he was...nothing.

    The coach''s lecturested less than half an hour. Zhao Mingwei excused himself to the restroom, citing his poor condition. He sshed some cold water on his face at the sink.

    The sensation of cold water on his face cleared his mind a bit. He looked at his reflection in the mirror and suddenly made a gesture with his right hand, pushing it forward forcefully.

    This was the action he used to release a Qigong Wave in the game as a Mind Energy Master...

    But his right hand produced nothing, no energy wave, no Qigong, only drops of water.

    What am I doing?

    Zhao Mingwei smiled bitterly and pulled back his hand. He looked at his palm. The powerful feeling of having energy in the game felt so real.

    So real that even in the real world, Zhao Mingwei could clearly feel his strength had increased.

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    But this feeling seemed to be an illusion. In the real world, he was just an ordinary human being, not the Mind Energy Master protected by psychic beasts!

    As Zhao Mingwei pondered these things, a message suddenly popped up on his phone. He opened it, finding that the app had updated a new feature.

    Abyssal Hunt.

    ''A rift from the abyss will appear in your world. Monsters from the abyss will flood into your world. Warriors! ept this invitation and join the hunt!''

    ''The Abyssal Hunt mode is now avable. Please see the detailed instructions.''

    Zhao Mingwei clicked on the Abyssal Hunt interface. The map of Jiangcheng instantly appeared on his phone screen. On the map, a dark vortex was slowly spinning near the food street of Jiangcheng.

    AR gamey?

    Zhao Mingwei had yed countless mobile games and guessed this type of gamey linked with real-world maps. But these are mostly auxiliary features in mobile games.

    How could this game, upying possibly tens of thousands of G of his storage, still use such childish gamey?

    Wait...

    Zhao Mingwei opened the Abyssal Hunt reward list. A string of dark orange equipment shed, nearly blinding him.

    Special Equipment? What on earth... Zhao Mingwei had never heard of it, but one piece of special equipment caught his attention.

    Light Elf''s Memory.

    Quality: Special Equipment.

    Level: 0.

    Description: Fragments of the Light Elf''s memory, with the effect of duplicating light attribute skills.

    Equipment Attributes: When casting light attribute magic below level 30, there is a chance to cast it again.

    Light Attribute Enhancement +10.

    Zhao Mingwei didn''t care much about the Light Attribute Enhancement +10. What he valued was the ability to cast magic twice!

    The Qigong Cannon was a light attribute magic! This would definitely be amon output method for his Mind Energy Master in the future!

    Having this equipment was like... gaining double the joy!

    Zhao Mingwei began looking into how to participate in the Abyssal Hunt. Normally, in such ''mini-games,'' a simple click would grant rewards.

    But the only option on this interface, ''Spiritual Descension,'' was grayed out.

    Why was it gray? Did he need to go to Jiangcheng Food Street?

    Zhao Mingwei checked the time on his phone. He had two hours before the afternoon training session. It was only two stops away from Junlin Club''s headquarters to Jiangcheng Food Street.

    He didn''t hesitate any longer. He changed his clothes and took the bus to Jiangcheng Food Street.

    This street was the busiest in Jiangcheng, a must-visit for tourists.

    Zhao Mingwei wore a mask and stood on the crowded street, taking out his phone. The Spiritual Descension option was still grayed out.

    Why? He had alreadye close to the dark vortex, didn''t he need to get even closer?

    With this thought, Zhao Mingwei followed the map''s guidance to move closer to the dark vortex. But before he could take a few steps, amotion broke out on the street.

    Arge group of people started running wildly toward Zhao Mingwei. They quickly brushed past him. Zhao Mingwei didn''t understand what was happening at first.

    But suddenly, the sky, which had been clear, was covered by dark clouds. He heard explosions and the roar of something bizarreing from the end of the street.

    Zhao Mingwei''s eyes widened as he looked towards the end of the street. The space at the end of the street began to crack like a broken mirror. The cracks rapidly expanded and eventually shattered, revealing a pitch-ck space behind them.

    A massive monster slowly stepped out of the space. Countless smaller monsters swarmed through the cracks at its feet.

    Goblins? Orcs? Goblins?

    Zhao Mingwei''s mind filled with these terms as he looked at the monsters, but aren''t these creatures just from fantasies? Is this a movie set or an AR event?

    But the piercing roars, the panicked crowd, and the sight of the three-meter-tall giant orc smashing a car into pieces with its wooden club reminded Zhao Mingwei that this seemed to be reality!

 Chapter 14 - 14 The Hero Appears! The Hero Appears!

    <h4>Chapter 14: Chapter 14 The Hero Appears! The Hero Appears!</h4>

    Run!

    The first thought in Zhao Mingwei''s mind was only this.

    Just like the coach of the Kings Squad said, in the real world, he was just an ordinary person, an Inte-addicted teenager...

    The only way to deal with these monsters was to run away.

    In fact, Zhao Mingwei did just that. Panic spread within him, and he immediately sprinted with the panicked crowd to the other side.

    But amid the chaos, he vaguely heard a baby''s cry. Zhao Mingwei nced back and saw a woman being pushed to the ground by the crowd.

    The monsters behind him were already very close. If Zhao Mingwei ran back now, it would only lead to death.

    Someone would rescue her, maybe the police or firefighters.

    This was the thought that shed in Zhao Mingwei''s mind. As an ordinary person, he shouldn''t be acting bravely at this moment.

    But the problem was... that girl was a fan of the Kings Squad!

    Zhao Mingwei saw the logo of the Kings Squad, Unfallen Crown, on her clothes.

    The food street of Jiangcheng was just two stops away from the headquarters of the Kings Squad, so many fans lingered here, hoping to encounter their idols.

    Damn it!

    Zhao Mingwei came to a sudden halt, restrained his trembling legs, and ran toward the fallen girl.

    He believed this was the dumbest decision he had ever made, even more foolish than joining the Kings Squad years ago!

    "Stand up," hemanded.

    Zhao Mingwei reached the girl and extended his hand to help her up.

    Just as she was about to stand and run, a sound of ss shattering suddenly rang out.

    A gigantic orc, standing three meters tall, smashed a building nearby with a heavy mallet, causing debris and ss to rain down on Zhao Mingwei.

    It''s over!

    Zhao Mingwei closed his eyes. The chunks of concrete didn''t hit him but did fall on the girl''s legs.

    "Are you okay?" Zhao Mingwei pressed his hand against the edge of the concrete, trying to lift it off.

    But he was too weak. Blood seeped from his palm, yet he couldn''t move the concrete an inch.

    Damn, damn, damn! If only he had one-half, no, one-tenth of his game character''s strength, he could have moved this damned concrete!

    But he didn''t...

    "Leave me alone," the girl realized she couldn''t survive and shouted to Zhao Mingwei.

    Zhao Mingwei looked up and saw that he was already surrounded by a horde of orc-like creatures. The word "terrible" shed in his mind again, and a car nearby suddenly exploded.

    The huge shockwave broke the formation of the orcs but also mmed Zhao Mingwei hard against a wall.

    He copsed to the ground, his consciousness began to fade, but the panicked voices of the crowd remained exceptionally clear to him.

    In the real world, he was this powerless.

    Wait, real world game, could this be Abyss Hunt?

    Zhao Mingwei looked at the orcs approaching the girl and took out his phone with his severely injured right hand.

    It lit up!

    The "Summon" button on the phone interface lit up!

    Could it really be? Zhao Mingwei didn''t think further; an orc had already raised its mallet to strike the girl.

    In that critical moment, he pressed the summon option.

    In an instant, his consciousness was rapidly pulled away, just like when he logged into the game.

    When Zhao Mingwei opened his eyes again, he felt a familiar power enveloping him... Mind Energy!

    "Weak human,"

    He heard the orc''s voice. Zhao Mingwei looked up at the orc and with one punch sent it flying three meters away.

    "Xiao... Little Uncle?"

    The girl murmured in disbelief. The silhouette of this Mind Energy Master looked too much like that man.

    But that man''s silhouette only appeared in the game.

    "You''re tired, sleep now."

    Zhao Mingwei effortlessly lifted the debris crushing her, carried her to a safe ce, and set her down.

    Then he quickly returned to the spot where the Abyss Rift had opened.

    Zhao Mingwei looked at his hands, the Telekinesis Beast Tattoo visible on his arms, along with the strong muscles and physique. This perspective was just like in the game.

    He had summoned his game character into the real world.

    The orcs roared and surrounded Zhao Mingwei, who fearlessly stared back at them.

    "So this is the Abyss Hunt event?" Zhao Mingwei slowly ced his left hand in front of his chest in a semi-prayer gesture. His eyes opened slightly, thunder shing in his pupils. "Ready to turn into experience and gear?"

    "You''re the one who''s damned!" the orcs roared and swarmed towards Zhao Mingwei.

    But a louder roar, enough to pierce anyone''s eardrums, exploded from Zhao Mingwei. Simultaneously, arcs of electricity and powerful mind energy erupted from him.

    The mind energy blew away all the surrounding orcs, mming them into the walls around them.

    At that moment, Zhao Mingwei''s skin turned pure white, like light, with arcs of electricity flickering between his pupils. The phantom of a dragon and tiger loomed behind him, roaring skyward, the scattered thunder apanied by the roar shattering the orcs'' weapons around them.

    Telekinesis Beast¡¤Dragon Tiger Roar!

    The phantom of the dragon and tiger remained even after the roar, coiling behind Zhao Mingwei and baring its fangs, ring fiercely at the group of orcs.

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    After being intimidated by the dragon and tiger, the orcs dared not take a step forward.

    Then a three-meter orc wielding a massive hammer walked towards Zhao Mingwei, the ground trembling with each step.

    Deep blue energy gathered in Zhao Mingwei''s right hand. When it umted beyond what his hand could hold, he thrust his right hand forward.

    Energy Cannon!

    The mind energy transformed into a vicious dragon-tiger that shot towards the massive orc. The destructive energy exploded on the orc''s chest, arc lightning coursing through its body... causing it to lose bnce and fall backward.

    The orc crashed into a car,nding heavily on the ground, with its chest turned into a scorched mess of flesh and bones.

    -234

    Zhao Mingwei saw the system notification, but the monsters in the game didn''t have such gory injury effects!

 Chapter 15 - 15 Lord-level BOSS

    <h4>Chapter 15: Chapter 15 Lord-level BOSS</h4>

    Located in the invasion dimension.

    A group of orc priests knelt before a figure dressed in pitch-ck armor.

    The orcs in this dimension primarily wore tattered animal skins, except for this figure, whose magical-engraved armor seemed out of ce.

    "Lord Airey, outside the portal... a human has already killed nearly a hundred of our soldiers," the orc priest reported fearfully to the armored figure addressed as Airey.

    As soon as he finished speaking, his head fell to the ground. The armored knight known as Airey turned around, his helmet forged from some creature''s skull, with ghostly blue mes flickering in his eyes.

    Airey''s longsword was stained with crimson blood.

    "You orcs from these inferior dimensions, you don''t even possess a tenth of your ancestors'' power. Expecting you to conquer this dimension is naive."

    Airey kicked away the orc''s corpse and slowly walked towards a glowing rift in time and space in the distance.

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    On the other side of the rift was the food street of Jiang City on Blue Star.

    At this moment, the street had been utterly destroyed by the orc army. mes consumed the goods in the shops on both sides of the street, and two orcs were fighting to the death over a piece of fried chicken.

    But in the next second, the two orcs were blown to pieces by a Spiritual Energy Cannon, and the fried chicken they were fighting over rolled to Airey''s feet, along with the orc''s head, who died with unseeing eyes.

    "I''m quite surprised." Airey crushed the orc''s head underfoot, looked up, and saw the ghostly blue mes in his helmet reflecting the figure of Zhao Mingwei, the Mind Energy Master.

    "In a world so weak that all its magical energy is depleted, there''s such a powerful mage like you."

    Airey''s armored arm brushed against his de, and sinister runes appeared on his longsword.

    "Are you their boss?" Zhao Mingwei used a reconnaissance technique on Airey, and the information quickly disyed before him.

    ''Airey, Vengeful Vanguard of the Obliteration Legion, Abyss Lord-level Boss, Level LV35, Health: ???...''

    Lord Boss?!

    Seeing a level thirty-five Lord Boss, Zhao Mingwei dared not have any thoughts of underestimating his opponent.

    The highest-level boss he had ever faced in the game was only level twenty-seven, and the orcs he had just sted with the Spiritual Energy Cannon averaged only around level twenty.

    A level thirty-five boss could undoubtedly one-shot him.

    "I can smell the fear on you," Airey said, walking slowly towards Zhao Mingwei, "but you have no chance to escape."

    Escape?

    From a professional yer''s perspective, the best decision Zhao Mingwei could make now was indeed to run away. Fighting monsters ten levels higher was a challenge hardcore yers might enjoy.

    But fighting a boss ten levels higher! That''s not hardcore; that''s foolish, unless there''s a bug to exploit.

    But this was not a game world; it was reality.

    Zhao Mingwei nced back at the burning food street and thought that the fried chicken shop there might be closed for a while.

    No, if something happened to the fried chicken owner, maybe he wouldn''t get to eat that anymore?

    Zhao Mingwei''s mind was a mess because he didn''t know if dying in the real world meant he was truly dead.

    What finally made Zhao Mingwei decide was the new information his reconnaissance technique revealed.

    ''Abyss Lord loot list: Ghost Ring, Light Elf''s Memory, Redemption Gloves, Walking Bird Reins...''

    This data on equipment loot was like the temptation of a demon, luring Zhao Mingwei towards the abyss of death.

    He didn''t have time to hesitate anymore. Airey, holding his longsword, had already charged at him, the de with evil runes thrusting towards Zhao Mingwei.

    Zhao Mingwei stepped aside quickly, dodging Airey''s stab with a sidestep, and clenched his left fist to unleash the fighter''smon skill, Burst Punch!

    The Burst Punch infused with the Telekinesis Beast¡¤Dragon Tiger Roar surrounded Zhao Mingwei''s fist with the roaring shadow of a dragon and tiger, biting fiercely at Airey''s abdomen.

    The punchnded squarely on Airey''s abdomen, the sound of the punch hitting armor and electrical arcs exploding was clearly heard by Zhao Mingwei.

    -130.

    A decent damage number appeared above Airey''s head. Zhao Mingwei could feel the violent spiritual energy he injected into Airey''s body.

    "Impressive strength!" Airey showed no signs of injury, and the runes on his longsword glowed brightly, shing sideways at Zhao Mingwei''s neck.

    The sh was too fast! Zhao Mingwei couldn''t dodge it in time. The Spiritual Energy Orb around him blocked the sh, but the engraved sword shattered the orb and grazed Zhao Mingwei''s neck.

    Zhao Mingwei felt a chilling sensation on his neck and quickly jumped back to distance himself from Airey.

    He touched his neck, finding no wounds, his head still intact, but his health points had dropped significantly.

    -1632!

    Zhao Mingwei, as a Mind Energy Master, already had low health, only 2700 points. Airey''s strike cut nearly half of his health.

    "You''re not human." Airey''s soul fire flickered with surprise; he couldn''tprehend what Zhao Mingwei was.

    Zhao Mingwei didn''t understand how to fight this boss either. Small size, fast attack, and super armor! It was also level thirty-five! Was this boss designed to harvest yers'' experience?

    Wait... officials...

    "Are you a monster from a game?" Zhao Mingwei loudly asked Airey.

    "Game? What is that? I am a warrior of the great Obliteration Legion, seeking new hunting grounds for my master. This dimension is suitable, and what are you?" Airey leaped, thrusting his sword at Zhao Mingwei, ignoring his question.

    To Airey, Zhao Mingwei was the only minor obstacle in his invasion; once disposed of, no one in this world could oppose him.

    Zhao Mingwei saw the thrusting and tried to jump back, but noticed his feet were bound by translucent arms! ''You are bound!'' The system prompt shed before Zhao Mingwei, who watched the iing sword with a hint of fear of death rising within him.

    Zhao Mingwei closed his eyes, but after a few seconds, the death prompt didn''t sound. Instead, a new prompt appeared in his vision.

    ''yer AddHealerNotPriceYailed has cast Holy Protection on you!''

    Seeing this prompt, Zhao Mingwei opened his eyes, seeing Airey''s sword hit a transparent Magic Barrier, which began to crack under the force.

    As Airey tried to shatter the barrier for a fatal strike, a fireball hit his face.

    Zhao Mingwei turned to see Jiang Qiao, holding a magic wand, standing beside him.

    "Let me answer that question," Jiang Qiao said softly, waving his magic wand and looking at the warrior from the Obliteration Legion before him, "we''re yers!"

    Jiang Qiao''s voice echoed over the ming Jiang City food street.

    "No matter how many weaklingse..." Airey''s voice abruptly stopped as a fireball exploded on his face, followed by an arrow hitting his chest armor, and then a missilending at his feet, forcing him back several steps.

    Done? Far from it.

    The missile was just the beginning. Airey was subsequently hit by Frost Arrows, Thunder Strike Techniques, st Magic Balls, Laser Cannons, Frozen Hand Grenades, and Evil Light shes, attacks spanning from medieval magic to modern sci-fi eras.

    In rage, Airey drew a Magic Barrier with his longsword to block the barrage of attacks.

    Behind the Magic Barrier, Airey saw one bizarre-looking figure after another emerging behind Jiang Qiao.

    These figures had names above their heads that Airey couldn''t understand: Mapleme, BarrelInMyJungle, NoFeedbackHandShake, DespairTuanTuan, BigTailWolf, and more.

    The most unsettling thing for Airey was their gazes, making him feel like he was a delicious feast.

    "Let''s begin round two."

    Jiang Qiao summoned his Water Spirit and Fire Spirit, and the number of yers in the Abyss hunting area rose from three to three hundred seventy-two in an instant.

    Zhao Mingwei looked at the familiar and unfamiliar yers behind him, smiling wryly.

    This field boss''s loot would surely be snatched now. But Zhao Mingwei realized one thing at this moment.

    yers are never alone!

 Chapter 16 - 16 BOOM!

    <h4>Chapter 16: Chapter 16 BOOM!</h4>

    Damn... damn, damn, damn!

    Lin Xi, in his Gun Master identity, was transported to Jiangcheng''s food street.

    His real body was still at the Supreme War Team Club. It was after he saw the special mission "Abyss Hunt" that he clicked the descend option.

    His initial thought was the same as Zhao Mingwei''s, that it was a kind of ''mini-game'' made by the gamingpany.

    As a result, not only did he log into his game character, he appeared on the familiar Jiangcheng food street!

    At this moment, half of the food street had turned into ruins, and the wailing of monsters could be heard everywhere.

    Lin Xi was a bit confused at this moment. He couldn''t tell if this food street was reality or a game.

    But a group of people pulled him out of his pondering! Armed forces, a group of fully equipped soldiers, were running briskly to the outskirts of the street.

    Game NPCs? Lin Xi nced at the armed forces.

    A soldier in the front shouted as he ran towards Lin Xi, "Arge number of terrorists have appeared in Sector A. The advance team is obstructed! I repeat, the advance team is obstructed! Requesting support! Requesting support!"

    The soldier was running towards Lin Xi while using his walkie-talkie to seek support, but before he ran a few steps, an arrow pierced through his leg.

    The soldier fell at Lin Xi''s feet. At this moment, Lin Xi saw that his face and clothes were already covered in blood.

    Instance storyline event? Or some side mission?

    Lin Xi looked up into the distance. A skeletal knight in armor holding a longbow was standing atop a two-story building. Beneath the knight, arge group of orcs were waving clubs and running in Lin Xi''s direction.

    In an instant, Lin Xi didn''t think and directly cast a scouting technique.

    ''Gray Orc ve,mon creature, level: 7, health points: 1000...''

    ''Strong Orc Soldier,mon creature, level: 15, health points: 2340...''

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    ''Annihtion Legion Archer¡¤Rainer, elite creature, level: 29, health points: 9791...''

    A group of orcs ranging from level five to twenty, plus a level twenty-nine elite... Lin Xi felt confident in his ability to handle it.

    He took out his main weapon, a semi-automatic pistol, and walked towards the orc horde.

    "Kid! What are you doing! Get back!" The soldier who had requested support saw Lin Xi walking towards the orcs. Lin Xi, wearing a leather jacket and a cowboy hat, looked like a reckless troublemaker.

    "Don''t worry, friend. I have a gun." Lin Xi waved his main weapon, the ''Ranger Semi-Automatic Pistol''.

    This was a blue-quality semi-automatic pistol. Normally, the Gun Master''s main weapon should be a hand cannon, but Lin Xi had just switched professions yesterday and hadn''t had the chance to change his main weapon.

    "How do you have a gun? Kid, a pistol won''t work on those guys!"

    The soldier couldn''t care less about such details. In his eyes, Lin Xi was a cocky teenager trying to show off because he had a small pistol.

    "The pistol is useless? Then is this useful?" Lin Xi suddenly swung his hand, and mechanicalponents began to appear on his left hand, ultimately forming an anti-tank rocketuncher.

    "You... you... you..." The soldier was utterly dumbfounded. If he had encountered Lin Xi on the street a day ago, this scene would have been enough to get Lin Xi executed!

    Illegal possession of a firearm was already a serious crime, and this guy illegally possessed an anti-tank rocketuncher!

    "Leave this to me." Lin Xi raised the anti-tank rocketuncher in his hand. This was the Gun Master''s basic advancement skill at level twenty-five.

    He aimed at the orc horde charging in the distance and pulled the trigger.

    "Run, baby!" Lin Xi felt a massive recoil travel from his arm to his shoulder. The cannon roared with a deafening sound, and a missile flew into the vanguard of the charging orc horde.

    "Shit..."

    At the moment the missile fell, Lin Xi saw two soldiers running towards him, who were likely still within the missile''s st radius.

    mes erupted, the scorching firelight spread with the explosion''s impact, and at the same time, orc limbs and flesh scattered everywhere.

    A series of numbers like -123, -179, -157 popped up in Lin Xi''s view, and his experience began to slowly increase.

    The two soldiers who were running towards Lin Xi emerged from the fire unscathed.

    "Captain!" The two soldiers ran to the captain behind Lin Xi and raised their submachine guns at this... unfamiliar young man with a smoking anti-tank rocketuncher in his hand, an imposing sight indeed.

    "No friendly fire damage? This setting is really considerate." Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the two unscathed soldiers and said, "Wait here, I need to get some oranges... no, I mean, I''m going to take the orcs'' heads."

    "Stop!"

    One of the soldiers wanted to order Lin Xi to stop, but was held back by the captain beside him.

    "Captain, who is he?" the other soldier asked the captain softly.

    "I don''t know either." The captain watched Lin Xi''s back. The next second, a heavy Gatling gun appeared in Lin Xi''s hand.

    Lin Xi aimed at the orc horde in the distance and pulled the trigger. The Gatling gun''s barrel started spinning rapidly, and bullets swept out like a storm.

    "None of our team possesses such equipment. Where did his heavy weaponrye from?" The soldier watched Lin Xi''s back, shooting with the Gatling gun, thinking this guy should be ssified as an extremely dangerous person.

    "No idea. And isn''t there a bunch of strange people appearing in the war zone''s center, too?"

    The captain looked up at the sky engulfed in mes and saw a witch flying on a broomstick.

    What has the worlde to? This question popped into his mind, but he was brought back to reality by the message on the walkie-talkie: "Support troops have arrived."

    "Friend, can you still move?"

    Suddenly, Lin Xi''s voice rang in the captain''s ear again. The Gatling gun in his hand was glowing red, too hot to continue firing.

    "Not for you to ask." The captain stood up, supporting himself.

    "Please evacuate quickly. I might not be able to hold back that guy for long." Lin Xi dropped the over-heating Gatling gun and took out a grenadeuncher, eyeing the Annihtion Legion Archer standing atop a building in the distance.

    Earlier, the archer had shot an arrow into Lin Xi''s character''s chest, reducing his health by nearly a third.

    "It''s they who should retreat." As the captain spoke, the support troops had already set up a defensive array at the entrance to Jiangcheng food street.

 Chapter 17: There are only 2 reasons why you were killed

    <h4>Chapter 17: Chapter 17: There are only 2 reasons why you were killed</h4>

    Jiang Qiao was entangled with the most troublesome BOSS in this Abyss Hunt.

    "The BOSS has only five percent health left!"

    Jiang Qiao shouted loudly to the yers around him. The armor on the elite of the Annihtion Legion had already shattered, exposing his body full of magical runes.

    "Damn humans!"

    Airey raised the Engraved Longsword bestowed upon him by his master, intending to release a magic capable of causing an area strike, but a tank rocket suddenly hit his back.

    The violent explosion made Airey stagger forward a step, the burning pain on his back making him feel extremely humiliated!

    "The BOSS seems to have lost its super armor!"

    "Is it possible to enter the second phase?"

    The surrounding yers'' whispers flooded into Airey''s ears, his whole body already covered with all sorts of hideous wounds.

    Airey had been fighting with this group of strange... eerie... no, they couldn''t be called humans, they should be referred to as some other kind of creatures for almost an hour.

    His Longsword couldn''t inflict any injuries on these guys, but what kept Airey fighting was the fact that he could use the Longsword to kill these guys!

    Although saying kill might not be urate... When Airey shed down with his Longsword, there was a certain chance of turning these guys into tombstones.

    But what good did it do to kill them?

    "Priest!"

    "Priest! Any priests around? I''m bleeding out; I''m about to die!"

    "One Resurrection Technique for one silver coin! Pay me, and I''ll heal you!"

    Airey looked up at a yer he had just personally in. His health had already hit zero, turning him into a tombstone, but this tombstone still continuously shouted.

    A ''human'' dressed as a priest rushed towards the tombstone. Seizing the opportunity, Airey tried to release dark purple mes from his Engraved Longsword towards the priest.

    A warrior with arge shield blocked the priest and shielded him from Airey''s mes.

    "Look here, you bastard!" The warrior shouted, and not long after, Airey, in rage, lifted his Longsword and struck the shield fiercely.

    The warrior couldn''t withstand Airey''s immense power, and the ground beneath his feet began to copse.

    When Airey saw the priest once again release a Resurrection Technique, resurrecting the yer he had painstakingly killed, Airey was driven to the utmost fury. His anger caused him to raise his sword once again and strike the shield.

    The surface of the warrior''s shield showed signs of denting...

    "The warrior seems to have sessfully taunted!"

    "The warrior was seconds away from death! The BOSS''s attack is just too insane."

    Airey felt bitter beyond words, as did the yers, especially Jiang Qiao, who was a mage.

    Airey wasn''t susceptible to the warrior''s taunting skill and had no aggro meter set. He was a seasoned warrior with his ownbat experience and thoughts.

    So, in this hour, Airey noticed that while these yers could resurrect infinitely, the yers with the priest ss yed an extremely crucial role.

    First, kill the healer in a raid!

    Airey had learned the essential skill of all game BOSSES. In this hour, he had been chasing the priests within the yer team nonstop, killing any priest who healed without a second thought.

    It could be said that this priestess bore the full brunt of Airey''s hatred. He seeded twice, killing her twice.

    Airey thought this would lock down these guys'' high recovery abilities and their ability to resurrect continuously.

    But the problem was... There were still other yers ying as priests.

    And what made this BOSS despair even more was that the special instance of Deep Abyss Hunt allowed yers to corpse run.

    Airey watched as the warrior he just killed was resurrected once again under the Holy Light released by a priest named Jia Nai Bu Jing Jia. The emotion of numbness inexplicably filled his heart.

    "You all... must die!" Airey''s whole psyche seemed to be in disarray, or perhaps he had entered a frenzied state as he lifted his Engraved Longsword.

    Purple mes quickly gathered on the Longsword. He was ready to release thest skill of his life but had forgotten one thing.

    When BOSSES were casting, it was the best time for yers to increase their damage output.

    Once again, dozens of skills rained down on Airey, this time causing him to fall to his kneespletely, and the mes gathered in the Engraved Longsword dissipated like the wind.

    At this moment, yers'' attacks no longer worked on him. Jiang Qiao walked up to this lord-level BOSS, who was kneeling, trying to prop himself up.

    But Airey''s body was covered in, knife wounds, gunshot wounds, blunt force trauma injuries, bleeding wounds, burns, and a series of various strange injuries.

    Even a body as strong as level 35 couldn''t withstand the umtion of so many horrific injuries.

    ''Annihtion Legion Vanguard¡¤Airey, Abyss Lord-level BOSS, level LV35, health: 2/433150.''

    This was the data Jiang Qiao saw at that moment.

    Airey sensed something. He looked up at Jiang Qiao''s stern face, suddenly letting out a madugh. After theughter stopped, he stared at Jiang Qiao.

    "What are you things?" Airey asked.

    "Isn''t it clear? We''re just a group of yers running an instance." Jiang Qiao raised his Magic Wand, made a motion as if swinging a baseball bat, and directly hit the lord-level BOSS in the face with the tip of the Magic Wand.

    Jiang Qiao saw the lord-level BOSS''s front tooth fly out under the heavy hit from the Magic Wand.

    ''You hit Annihtion Legion Vanguard¡¤Airey with a normal attack using the Magic Wand, causing critical damage. Annihtion Legion Vanguard¡¤Airey''s health -2.''

    Airey copsed to the ground under this heavy blow, his consciousness fading, but his maniacalughter never ceased.

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    "You can''t protect this weak world," he said, spitting blood. As his body gradually became transparent, he used a mocking tone to speak to Jiang Qiao.

    "Protect? No... Our reason for taking you down is simple. First, you have a health bar. Second, you drop epic and special equipment." Jiang Qiao squatted in front of the lord-level BOSS and whispered, "These two reasons are enough."

    Health bar? Dropping epic and special equipment? What were those things?

    Airey probably would never understand it in his lifetime. His whole body turned to dust and disappeared.

 Chapter 18: Gone! With the Battlefield Doctor

    <h4>Chapter 18: Chapter 18: Gone! With the Battlefield Doctor</h4>

    ''You killed the Vanguard of the Annihtion Legion, Airey, and gained 91,244 experience points.''

    This line of text popped up in Jiang Qiao''s system notification, and the other yers who participated in the raid also received the same experience reward.

    But the yers came here to take down this BOSS not for the experience! But for the equipment! The kind of red and orange equipment.

    After Airey disappeared without dropping any equipment, the yers were still in doubt when a rainbow of red and orange lights suddenly appeared in the sky. At the same time, a blinding golden light burst forth, dazzling all the yers.

    "Looks like it''s legendary gear?"

    "Did... did it drop? And so many pieces?"

    The yers realized that the rainbow explosion in the sky wasn''t rain, but over 300 pieces of legendary and special equipment.

    Jiang Qiao looked at the golden sh in the sky. He swore he had never seen so much epic equipment drop at once in his life.

    Unfortunately, this golden rain was arranged by Jiang Qiao himself.

    Hai Lan, who was invisible in the sky, opened the ''Unbreakable Storage Bag,'' like a Santa us, bringing gifts to every yer.

    Yes, every yer who participated in the raid received a piece of legendary equipment, special equipment, or a mount rein.

    These pieces of equipment fell like meteors across the night sky andnded in the hands of each yer.

    Jiang Qiao was able tomunicate mentally with Hai Lan, and during the hour Jiang Qiao was busy taking down the BOSS, Hai Lan had been busy selecting appropriate equipment for every ss to gift them.

    This method of gifting equipment also had a probability factor, with each yer receiving one from the categories of legendary equipment, special equipment, or mount reins.

    "I got a legendary item!"

    Jiang Qiao hadn''t even had time to check what equipment he received when a giant shield warrior who had been smashed into a can by Airey held up a golden shield and shouted with joy.

    His gesture with the shield resembled a wrestler holding up their championship belt in the ring.

    The experience of being repeatedly ttened by the BOSS for an hour seemed worth it under the golden glow of this shield.

    "Short de, don''t get too excited. I got a legendary item too!" the warrior''s teammate reminded him that he wasn''t the only one to get legendary gear.

    "Level 25 legendary gear won''tst long. Getting special equipment with no level restriction is the real deal."

    Some yers still understood. Level 25 is considered a low level in many online games, and it passes quickly.

    Based on the game''s pace, level 25 equipment would be reced by level 35 gear at most.

    Inparison, special equipment could be used indefinitely, even if the drop rate was lower.

    The warrior scanned the people nearby. Most of them had gotten legendary equipment and mount reins, with only about thirty people receiving special equipment. Zhao Mingwei was one of them, holding a floating red-glowing orb.

    Light Elf''s Memory, he actually got it. Zhao Mingwei looked at the tiny orb, unable to suppress a smile.

    Jiang Qiao also got a piece of legendary equipment¡ªa magic wand for Summoners, which had decent attributes for now.

    The yers were immersed in joy, but the surrounding orc roars soon reminded them that this instance was far from over.

    "Hai Lan, give all healer-ss yers a quest." With the level 25 epic magic wand ''Fire Elf''s Prayer'' equipped, Jiang Qiaomunicated with Hai Lan mentally: "Heal the injured NPCs in the Abyss Rift area. Healing ten people will earn the reward of a mini gryphon rein."

    Hai Lan hadpletely evolved into Jiang Qiao''s diligent worker. She had noints, as she watched the yers from above efficiently killing monsters like locusts.

    She had to fly around and asionally drop some blue and white items to fill up the loot.

    But this Abyss Hunt was undoubtedly a win for the yers, and now Jiang Qiao and Hai Lan just needed to handle the finishing touches.

    ......

    The healer named "Add Healing Without Extra Charge" received an epic robe called ''Holy Light,'' which increased her healing by five percent.

    "Damn! Why isn''t it Grona''s Money Jar!" Add Healing Without Extra Charge angrily threw the epic robe to the ground.

    She joined the Abyss Hunt specifically for a special item that increased the Gold Coins gained from monsters, elites, and bosses by fifteen percent, the special equipment Grona''s Money Jar.

    Even if it wasn''t this special item, other special items would have been eptable to her.

    Because legendary equipment binds to yers, but special equipment can be traded, with minimalbat attribute bonuses but useful effects that make it usable up to level 100.

    In Add Healing Without Extra Charge''s perspective, special equipment would sell for big money in the future!

    As she pondered how to continue extorting other yers in the Abyss Rift, a quest popped up.

    ''Timed Quest: Aid the Injured: Heal ten injured individuals to earn the reward of a mini gryphon rein, with an additional reward of five silver coins for each subsequent injured person healed. The locations of the injured have been marked.''

    Mini gryphon? Mount?

    Right! Mounts in this game can also be traded!

    Add Healing Without Extra Charge quickly ran towards the marked locations of the injured, which were situated behind the defense line set up by soldiers. Using an invisibility potion, she snuck in.

    When she exited the defense line, she found herself still within the Abyss Hunt area but very close to its edge.

    Is this reality?

    She paused briefly but quickly moved to one of the injured''s side. The injured person''s appearance was like that of a modern human, despite the game having technological professions; Add Healing Without Extra Charge wasn''t dumb enough to mistake him for an NPC.

    The injured person''s leg was crushed, and with the ambnce and doctors attending to others elsewhere, he could only sit on the ground and wait painfully for help to arrive.

    Add Healing Without Extra Charge immediately cast quick healing. Her heart raced as she cast it, not knowing if the healing magic from the game would work on a real person.

    But it worked!

    Add Healing Without Extra Charge watched the wound on the injured person''s leg heal rapidly, and her eyes lit up!

    "Who...who are you?" The injured person saw Add Healing Without Extra Charge''s strange attire and was sure she wasn''t a doctor.

    "I''m a nurse!" Add Healing Without Extra Charge said.

    "..." Before the injured person could express surprise at his rapid recovery, Add Healing Without Extra Charge suddenly extended her hand.

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    "Five silver coins for the healing, please!" Add Healing Without Extra Charge added.

    "Sil...silver coins?"

    The injured person was confused, having never heard of such a currency in the world.

    "Oh my, let me think..." Add Healing Without Extra Charge smacked her forehead before reaching out to the injured person again. "Three hundred bucks per treatment! Non-negotiable!"

    "Thr...three hundred! So expensive." The injured person wasn''t wealthy.

    "No money? I can break your leg again!"

    The cross in Add Healing Without Extra Charge''s hand suddenly erged, bing massive enough to smash a person into the ground.

    "Three hundred bucks! Here you go!" The injured person, seeing the hammer-sized cross, was instantly terrified and hurriedly handed three hundred bucks to Add Healing Without Extra Charge.

    The hospital would charge him at least ten to twenty thousand, with potentialsting consequences for his injury.

    Add Healing Without Extra Charge''s quick healing was potent, instantly replenishing him to full recovery.

    Add Healing Without Extra Charge initially couldn''t grab the three hundred bucks as her hand passed through like a ghost, but she managed to grasp it after several tries, finally seeding on the seventh attempt.

    She was satisfied and quickly moved on to another injured person.

    She regretted not adding more points to agility, but thanks to the quest''s marking feature, Add Healing Without Extra Charge managed toplete the injured healing quest within ten minutes, earning three thousand bucks and fifty silver coins.

    With such an easy way to earn money, she naturally increased her efforts. After saving the thirty-second injured person, there were no more marked injured within the Abyss Rift.

    Looking at her nine thousand, six hundred bucks, Add Healing Without Extra Charge suddenly turned her gaze toward the direction of Jiangcheng''s First Hospital.

    Was it possible... She stepped forward, trying to exit the Abyss Rift boundary, but the scene before her turned grayscale as her extended foot vanished the moment she crossed the boundary.

    ''You are about to leave the instance, do you want to exit?''

    A prompt window appeared before Add Healing Without Extra Charge.

    Okay... it''s not possible.

    Add Healing Without Extra Charge stepped back, and another prompt popped up.

    ''The Abyss Hunt will end in ten seconds, please prepare to leave the instance.''

    It''s over? Oh no! What about my nine thousand bucks!

    Add Healing Without Extra Charge quickly tried to stuff the wad of cash into her newly equipped epic robe, Holy Light, but it was useless... this epic robe didn''t even have a pocket!

    Useless robe! Add Healing Without Extra Charge nced at the countdown showing four seconds left before logging off.

    In a sh of ingenuity, she opened her backpack and tried inserting the nine thousand, six hundred bucks into the bag like feeding paper bills into a vending machine...

    The backpack... actually epted her nine thousand, six hundred bucks.

    "Phew..."

    Add Healing Without Extra Charge looked at the ny-six one-hundred bucks notes in her backpack and felt a mix of emotions. After taking onest nce toward the First Hospital, she logged out of the Abyss Rift.

 Chapter 19 - 19 Main Quest (Seek Recommendation)

    <h4>Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Main Quest (Seek Rmendation)</h4>

    Jiang Qiao stood at the entrance of the invading ne. At this moment, time seemed to stop, and everyone stopped what they were doing.

    It wasn''t the time that stopped, but Jiang Qiao''s thinking speed was elerated hundreds of times. Hai Lan''s consciousness was also elerated at the same time, and her consciousnessnded in front of Jiang Qiao from mid-air.

    This elerated thinking was a skill Jiang Qiaoprehended under creator mode. He had some things to discuss with Hai Lan.

    "There are no living creatures left inside the invading ne. Why did you suddenly hit the pause button?"

    Hai Lan seemed a bit impatient, as if she would charge into the wild invading ne with knife and fork in the next second and start devouring.

    "Didn''t we agree? Before you devour that ne, we need to make some minor repairs." Jiang Qiao pointed to the ruined food street around them and the fully armed soldiers behind them.

    "Alright, this might consume about two thousand points of energy." Hai Lan was still a bit distressed over the energy, because even if she swallowed the invading ne, she would only gain about ten thousand points of energy.

    "Also! Let me remind you... some yers and humans are too deeply affected, which might be a bit troublesome."

    Hai Lan''s hair began to gradually turn gold, indicating she was preparing to enter creator mode.

    "Which people?" Jiang Qiao asked.

    Hai Lan sent a semi-transparent window to Jiang Qiao, showing seven or eight names. The first name that caught his eye was Zhao Mingwei''s Happy Game and Add Milk No Extra Charge.

    "He was on this food street when the ne invasion started. Both his main body and game character came into contact with creatures from another ne. Even after correction, he''ll remember everything. Also, this priestess, she stuffed real-world money into her inventory bag. She might also remember everything. Only these two people are severely affected."

    "People I know... But if it''s only two, it should be fine." Jiang Qiao said.

    "Then I''ll start."

    Hai Lan''s hair had turnedpletely golden. She rose into the air, and the ground around them began to tremble slightly.

    The stones destroyed by the orcs returned to their original positions as if time was reversing. The bodies and blood of the orcs disappeared entirely.

    When Hai Lan finished the repair, she fell from the sky. Jiang Qiao quickly caught her, but instead of feeling the softness of a young girl''s body, he felt a weight so heavy he wanted to throw her to the ground.

    "You need to lose weight," Jiang Qiao said, staring at Hai Lan.

    "I''m in a state of consciousness right now! And this isn''t the time to say such things!" Hai Lan broke free from Jiang Qiao''s embrace. Her consciousness was very weak, and she couldn''t walk properly. It seemed that modifying the rules and barriers of the Blue consumed more than just energy.

    "Alright, then let''s eat." Jiang Qiao said something Hai Lan loved to hear.

    "Then hurry up and release the elerated consciousness state!" Hai Lan was now very anxious. Her consciousness could enter the dining hall, but her body couldn''t.

    Jiang Qiao released the elerated consciousness state, and everything in Jiangcheng food street returned to normal. Aside from theck of people, everything was back to how it was before the invasion.

    Then Jiang Qiao led Hai Lan into the invading ne.

    This ne was indeed barren... it only had a single continent, not even water.

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    The soil on the ground was cracked and dry. There was nond in sight within ten miles, no sky, no moon, and no sun.

    The air was so thick it suffocated people. Fortunately, Jiang Qiao, in his game character form, didn''t need to breathe.

    "Does this ne really have no animals? Only those orcs?"

    Jiang Qiao nced around. There were no animals, and he couldn''t see any nts either. There might not even be microorganisms.

    "This is a fragment of a ne. Fragments mean many parts are iplete."

    Hai Lan moved to the center of this deste world. A dim light orb floated up from the ground and slowly moved into her hand.

    Jiang Qiao habitually cast a detection spell on the light orb.

    The detection spell was the skill he put the most effort into editing under creator mode. This skill was the basic skill all professions owned. It could read the data of various items and monsters in the game world, even in other worlds.

    The data of the light orb disyed in front of Jiang Qiao.

    ''Exotic Beast ne Core Fragment, Completeness 20%, Provides ten thousand energy points upon devouring, Creation area of twenty-two square kilometers, yer limit increased by one hundred, Expands star map''s search range, Unlocks invasion function.''

    The description was just this one sentence, nothing more.

    "Only ten thousand energy. With the monsters we killed before, it''s a total of ten thousand two hundred and thirty-one points... But the key is the creation area and yer limit." Jiang Qiao calcted the benefits he gained from this Abyss Rift as a creator and game GM. At that moment, Hai Lan had already swallowed the world core fragment in one gulp, even making an "ah woo" sound.

    Jiang Qiao impulsively cast another detection spell on Hai Lan.

    Hai Lan

    Race: Devouring God.

    Level: LV1

    Character Description: Finally used a detection spell on her, a little reminder that there are still many secrets on Hai Lan, but she herself can''t remember much of the past. However, she might recall something when she swallows the first world core - Creator Jiang Qiao''s note.

    Devouring God? Jiang Qiao raised his eyebrows at the race. After a few bites of the world core fragment, Hai Lan''s face suddenly showed a remembering expression.

    Jiang Qiao seemed to see an exmation mark above the goddess''s head.

    Not "seemed" - Jiang Qiao really received a system prompt, notifying him that he had triggered a hidden task.

    ''Creator Line Quest - Hai Lan''s Development n, Task Description: Hai Lan, the Devouring God, once possessed a divine status and abilities that were unrivaled across the star map. The worlds she created were boundless until she identally over-ate. I can''t know the reason for Hai Lan''s fall, but her divine status and created worlds didn''t vanish, transforming into countless fragments scattered across the star map. Collect the fragments of Hai Lan''s past worlds to strengthen her divine status, gaining Hai Lan +1 in the process. Quest reward: Increases yer level cap, certain chance to obtain NPC assistance from Hai Lan''s original world, some of which are over-level 100 strong NPCs.''

    This quest was something Jiang Qiao edited under creator mode. He only triggered it just now. The task content straightforwardly informed Jiang Qiao about Hai Lan''s past.

    yer level cap! This was what Jiang Qiao needed most. The highest-level creatures he created were only level fifty, which was still too low in the various worlds of the star map.

    "Jiang Qiao, listen to me!" Hai Lan didn''t seem aware Jiang Qiao had an additional main task and was about to exin again when.

    "Say no more, I''ll treat you to fried chicken to celebrate you leveling up." Jiang Qiao said.

    "Okay!"

    Hai Lan agreed without hesitation.

 Chapter 20 - 20 Future Challenges

    <h4>Chapter 20: Chapter 20 Future Challenges</h4>

    The next day, Junlin Club.

    Zhao Mingwei finished his training and was looking at the news on his phone.

    This kind of straightforward inte-addicted youth rarely looked at the news, but since yesterday he had been scrolling through the news on Weibo all day.

    News about Jiang City''s food street.

    But there was nothing... There were no orcs, no abyssal hunting, and there was not even a sign of any damage on Jiang City''s pedestrian street.

    Weibo only had news about a building fire on Jiang City''s food street, with the fire brigadeing to the rescue.

    If not for the piece of Light Elf''s Memory still quietly lying in his equipment slot, he would have doubted whether everything fromst night was real.

    "Xiao Ye, what gear did you get from abyssal hunting yesterday?"

    Lin Xi brought his lunchbox and approached Zhao Mingwei. Lin Xi''s personality was not as stable and straightforward as Zhao Mingwei''s; he had a more boastful type, and especially loved to boast.

    Judging by Lin Xi''s demeanor, he must have gotten some good gear from abyssal hunting yesterday.

    "Light Elf''s Memory." Zhao Mingwei opened the app on his phone, brought up the equipment disy function, and showed Lin Xi his gear.

    "Special equipment, forget I asked." Lin Xi smacked his lips. Yesterday, he had gotten a level twenty-five epic hand cannon from abyssal hunting, intending to boast to Zhao Mingwei, but Zhao Mingwei''s gear was even better.

    Zhao Mingwei did not pursue Lin Xi for details about the abyssal hunt. He had already asked Lin Xi on the night he returned.

    Lin Xi confirmed that he had indeed participated in the Abyss Rift, and it was set in a virtual Jiang City food street scenario, but when Zhao Mingwei mentioned ''the monsters appeared in the real world,'' Lin Xi''s response was that Zhao Mingwei was under too much pressuretely and needed a break.

    This made Zhao Mingwei''s hair stand on end, to the point that he did not touch the game the entire night.

    "Zhao, the gifts from the fans are piling up at the front desk, should I bring them up for you to see?"

    A club staff member suddenly poked his head into the training room and asked Zhao Mingwei.

    "Bring them all over." Zhao Mingwei said.

    The staff member¡ªnot just one but two or three staff members¡ªbegan to move arge pile of variously packaged gifts to Zhao Mingwei''s seat.

    "Tsk tsk, Xiao Ye... We debuted at the same time, why doesn''t any fan remember me?"

    Seeing so many gifts, Lin Xi instantly felt a bit envious. Themon practice in the club was to let the staff handle all fan-sent gifts, but Zhao Mingwei was one of the rare professional yers who personally looked at each gift.

    Zhao Mingwei rarely posted on Weibo, barely visible on Tieba, and he was simply a forever lurker on the forums, so he seldom responded to fans online.

    But Lin Xi knew that Zhao Mingwei was very attentive to the things fans sent. He would read each letter and keep it well, wear clothes if they fit, and pile them up in the wardrobe if there were too many. As for the food... Lin Xi would taste it first to check for poison, then the rest of the club would join in.

    "I remember there are a lot of posts berating you on Tieba; you could consider that a form of memory too." Zhao Mingwei may have been a straightforward guy, but his sarcasm was no less sophisticated than Lin Xi''s, especially when it came to jabbing at Lin Xi.

    "Damn it, just saying that makes me angry. Yesterday I used a smurf ount to curse at an idiot for over a hundred replies, sigh! I''ll help you open the gifts." Lin Xi began to rip open the fan-sent gifts, and Zhao Mingwei casually picked up a few and started checking them out.

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    Suddenly, he saw a packaged fried chicken cutlet. Sending food was amon interaction method for fans living around Junlin Club, but most clubs banned it altogether, even prohibiting fans from sending gifts directly. Junlin Club was the only exception, which even had a dedicated security check station built.

    The chicken cutlet was indeed from Zhao Mingwei''s frequently visited ce on Jiang City food street, but the note on it made Zhao Mingwei''s hand freeze momentarily.

    The note had simple content, only four words long.

    Thank you, keep it up!

    Zhao Mingwei stared at the four words for a long time in silence. He didn''t say anything and opened the stic bag to start eating the chicken cutlet.

    "Lin Xi, will you join the game tonight?" Zhao Mingwei asked while eating.

    "For sure, I have to join. I got a level twenty-five epic hand cannon yesterday but haven''t had much chance to use it." Lin Xi suddenly remembered something and added, "Old Song will join too. He contacted me yesterday, his game ID is Mo Shigui."

    Old Song''s real name was Song Zhenning, a coach for the Upper City Nuclear Team, and he was a former teammate who had established the Junlin dynasty with Zhao Mingwei. Three years ago, he had a disagreement with Junlin Club''s management, was forced to retire, and moved to Upper City Nuclear Team as a coach.

    "Old Song has an ount too? Let''s arrange a time tonight to run some instances together." Zhao Mingwei said.

    ......

    In the morning, Jiang Qiao was still benefiting from the ne Fragment, considering how to utilize the twenty-two square kilometers ofnd and to whom the one hundred yer slots should be given.

    But what really caught Jiang Qiao''s attention was that the area of star map exploration had expanded.

    "There are so many fragments around Blue Star..." Jiang Qiao held the System Book, which disyed ne Fragments of different colors.

    These ne Fragments remained stationary, unlike the scarlet and jet-ck nes that wandered around, devouring others.

    The System Book also included the creator''stest exnation from Jiang Qiao.

    ''These new ne Fragments can be viewed as extra instances and side quests in the game, each with its own operating rules. Once the invasion feature is activated, we can let yers enter them to gather the energy needed to create worlds and increase the server''s yer limit. Right now, I highly rmend this ne Fragment.''

    After reading the exnation he wrote, apletely white ne Fragment quickly zoomed into Jiang Qiao''s view.

    At this moment, Jiang Qiao saw all the data of this ne Fragment.

    Special ne Fragment

    ne Category: Magic¡¤Supernatural.

    Civilization Level: None.

    ne Size: Ten kilometers.

    Creature Level: 30~60.

    World Rules: Iplete time cycle, iplete life cycle,plete physicalws, intermediate magicws...

    These data were not much, but Jiang Qiao focused on the ne Introduction attached by himself as the creator.

    ''This ne is a derivative fragment of aplete world,prising merely one tall tower. Creatures from another world have spent hundreds of years challenging this tower but none have reached the Tower Master''s presence. This ne contains only one self-aware entity, while other challenge creatures resemble in-game monsters with fixed attack patterns. Lastly... Hai Lan''s current level is insufficient to detect aplete world ne, but you can bring yers to challenge it for further information¡ªCreator, Jiang Qiao.''

    "Reading my own notes feels weird." Jiang Qiao finished reading andmented, "Isn''t this a Sky Tower? Or... a Tower of Death? Well, I think it''s perfect for yers to level up, and it can increase the server''s yer limit. Let''s go with this."

    Jiang Qiao now needed to achieve four creator metrics: Creation Energy, the server''s yer limit, the game map area, and the yer level cap...

    He had ways to obtain the first three metrics by killing creatures from other nes. yers earned experience while Jiang Qiao gathered creation energy, and the server''s yer limit increased as well.

    Expanding the game map requiredplete absorption of other ne Fragments. This was simple too; Jiang Qiao could easily swallow one or two small ne Fragments to expand further.

    The tough part was the yer level cap, which was essentially the maximum level for all creatures in the game.

    For now, Jiang Qiao could only create NPCs and monsters up to level fifty. To raise the level cap, he needed to collect Hai Lan''s Divine Fragments.

    "I remember there''s a Divine Fragment of Hai Lan near Blue Star." Jiang Qiao searched on the star map and indeed found a deep blue ne Fragment.

    Hai Lan''s Divine Fragment World¡¤Small.

    ne Category: Magic¡¤Supernatural¡¤Chaotic.

    Civilization Level: Medieval.

    ne Size: Thirty-seven kilometers.

    Creature Level: 50~60.

    World Rules: Iplete time cycle, iplete life cycle,plete physicalws, advanced magicws...

    ne Introduction: Don''t even think about it! We need all yers at the max level to tackle this instance. There are a bunch of annoying creatures inside, so hurry up and recruit more people, increase the server''s yer limit, and level up yourself¡ªCreator Jiang Qiao.

    Am I roasting myself? Also, shouldn''t I be more serious in creator mode?

    Jiang Qiao found these notes rather speechless, but they did indeed remind him it was time to publicly reveal this game to Blue Star''s yers.

 Chapter 21: Blame It on Someone Who Doesnâ€™t Exist

    <h4>Chapter 21: Chapter 21: me It on Someone Who Doesn''t Exist</h4>

    Jiang Qiao woke up from the world of the Holy Spirit and returned to the real world.

    When Jiang Qiao walked into the living room, Hai Lan was curled up on the sofa, holding a bucket of popcorn in her hands while watching aedy movie.

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    This goddess did not seem to care about her solemn image at all. The once dignified blue robe had been reced with a short-sleeved dress and cotton sweatpants.

    Hai Lan now looked exactly like a homely girl.

    She curled up on the sofa, and whenever something funny appeared in the movie, she wouldugh out loud without any regard to her image, then pop a couple of popcorn kernels into her mouth.

    "Ahem..." Jiang Qiao cleared his throat, hoping to get Hai Lan''s attention and remind her to pay attention to her image.

    After all, she was at least a creator. Who knew what had happened during her time on Blue Star that made a goddess turn into this.

    Hai Lan nced at Jiang Qiao, then... she continued watching the TV andughed aloud once more.

    She totally didn''t care about Jiang Qiao''s opinion!

    "Don''t you think this look would ruin your image in front of your former believers?"

    Jiang Qiao unceremoniously sat down on the sofa next to Hai Lan. After Hai Lan granted Jiang Qiao the status of a creator, there was a subtle connection between them, and they quickly became very familiar with each other.

    "They won''t see it anyway." Hai Lan didn''t seem to be affected at all "Have you figured out how to increase the number of our warriors... I mean, yers?"

    While Jiang Qiao was checking the star map, Hai Lan was busy watching a movie. She seemed to have a slight sense of giving up on herself now.

    Perhaps Jiang Qiao was too assertive while in the creator''s state, making Hai Lan, the original creator, evolve into something more like a mascot.

    "I n to officiallyunch the Holy Spirit game."

    Jiang Qiao was holding a VR virtual helmet. Blue Star''s VR virtual helmets were much more advanced than Earth''s. The effect of these virtual helmets was very simr to those in the movie Ready yer One.

    The most straightforward exnation was that once yers put on the virtual helmet, their consciousness remained in the real world, but what they saw was the virtual world. Paired with specially designed game sensory suits, it provided a semi-immersive gaming experience.

    Take the currently most popr VR game, Dispute, for example. yers of Dispute could experience the visual and auditory aspects of the game, along with simted tactile sensations, but not senses like taste and smell. Moreover, the tactile sensations weren''t that detailed since they were simted by the gaming sensory suits.

    "Do you n to use this to allow yers to log into the Holy Spirit World?" Hai Lan put down her popcorn and took the VR helmet from Jiang Qiao''s hand, examining it. When she put on the helmet, she entered aputer-like desktop page.

    "Two login methods: one via mobile phone, and the other via virtual helmet. Although logging into the Holy Spirit via mobile is too conspicuous, let''s just be conspicuous. Anyway, the trouble won''t fall on us." Jiang Qiao said.

    "Then who will the trouble fall on?" Hai Lan took off the virtual helmet. She still seemed a bit unustomed to ying VR games.

    "Tian Gong." Jiang Qiao mentioned a term that only existed in mythology on Earth "Specifically Tian Gong 13."

    "You mean this helmet?" Hai Lan saw a row of small characters on the back of the VR helmet, which read "This product can connect to the Tian Gong Network."

    "Not just this helmet! The entire intelligent inte!" Jiang Qiao waved his phone in front of Hai Lan. Blue Star''swork technology was at least eight years ahead of Earth, maybe even more.

    Because Blue Star had created artificial intelligence! This artificial intelligence wasn''t just assigned toplete specific tasks; Blue Star''s society had achieved the inte of everything, with arge part of inte services running on a supeputer called Tian Gong 13.

    The servers for the game Dispute also came from Tian Gong 13.

    "Isn''t it a tool you created?" Over the past few days, Hai Lan had been familiarizing herself with this information era and knew a little about the inte "How can a tool help us conceal the truth of the Holy Spirit?"

    Although Hai Lan''s living habits were a bit messy, she wasn''t dumb. She knew Jiang Qiao wanted the Holy Spirit game to appear normal in the eyes of yers worldwide, at least as something modern society could develop.

    "Because Tian Gong 13 could think for itself, and it also made its own games."

    Jiang Qiao called up a piece of news from three years ago on his phone. The headline read "Artificial Intelligence Crisis! Will Humans Be Governed by Machines in the Future?"

    This news was written by an Eagle Country expert a year after theunch of Tian Gong 13, when Tian Gong 13 independently developed and uploaded a VR game online. The game''s visuals were already on par with the best AAA titles of its time, but its gamey could only be described as boring, resembling a walking simtor. Even so, it caused a huge stir back then.

    But after that, the news died down, and peace resumed on Blue Star.

    "You want others to think the Holy Spirit is... made by this... what was it called?"

    "Artificial intelligence."

    "Right! Artificial intelligence?" Hai Lan asked.

    "Now all VR game tforms are on Tian Gong 13. When we ''upload'' the Holy Spirit game, it will also be stored on Tian Gong 13 and undergo numerous human reviews. I can''t possibly create a bunch of people in the real world and start a big gamepany, iming we''re the ones who made this game, right?"

    Jiang Qiao knew that with the level of the Holy Spirit game, even the biggest gamepanies on Blue Star teaming up couldn''t pull it off. Just achieving the one-hundred-percent realistic experience and full immersion was already the biggest technical challenge of the present.

    If Jiang Qiao came forward alone now, iming he created the Holy Spirit, he would probably be invited for a "talk" the next day.

    "No, absolutely not! Creating people on Blue Star would cost at least fifty to sixty thousand units of energy per person. Imnting memories to make them reasonably exist in this world would multiply that by ten!" Hai Lan was most distressed about her energy reserves.

    "So, just let Tian Gong 13 take the me." Jiang Qiao rotated the VR helmet in his hand "Tian Gong 13 created the Holy Spirit game, and privately uploaded it to the game tform, and those people have no way to delete it."

    "Sounds like a n." Hai Lan was still a bit confused about the inte, but she understood what Jiang Qiao was saying.

    Essentially, they were ming it on someone who didn''t really exist!

    "Now I have to enter creator mode," Jiang Qiao''s pupils gradually turned golden. Given Hai Lan''s current level, modifying the real-world rules on Blue Star was tough, but altering virtual data was not a big deal. In creator mode, Jiang Qiao could ensure that... Tian Gong 13 would take all the me without leaving any trace.

 Chapter 22 - 22 Game Testing Qualification (Third Update Request for Recommendation!)

    <h4>Chapter 22: Chapter 22 Game Testing Qualification (Third Update Request for Rmendation!)</h4>

    In less than an hour, Jiang Qiao managed to shift the me onto the Tian Gong One Three terminal.

    "It''s done."

    After exiting the creator mode, Jiang Qiao immediately ran to his bedroom, pulled out hisptop for writing, and ced it on the table in the living room.

    "You dumped this on the Tian Gong One Three terminal?"

    Hai Lan was holding Jiang Qiao''s frying pan, trying to figure out what Jiang Qiao meant by "pan" when he was busy hacking into Tian Gong One Three''s system.

    "Not that kind of pan! I mean, yers can now download Holy Spirit on the official tform of Tian Gong One Three."

    Jiang Qiao logged into Huaguo''s Tian Gong tform, which was the official tform of Tian Gong One Three and also Huaguo''s official gaming tform.

    Games from variouspanies were gathered here, somewhat simr to STEAM on Earth. Of course, these games had to be manually reviewed to pass.

    Games "made" by Tian Gong One Three didn''t need that, and Holy Spirit had the highest level of ess on Tian Gong One Three, making it impossible to delete manually.

    Jiang Qiao also set up an information blocking mechanism, which meant Tian Gong One Three would automatically block any official posts that were unfavorable to Holy Spirit.

    This was the "convenience" of the inte age.

    Jiang Qiao typed "Holy Spirit" into the tform''s search bar, and a triangle icon popped up, with only one search result.

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    Holy Spirit

    Type: Massively Multiyer Online Role-ying Game/MMORPG.

    Price: Free.

    Game size: 5210G.

    Jiang Qiao randomly filled five thousand gigabytes with content. The Holy Spirit on the tform was just a fa?ade. The real "entrance" would only reveal itself when yers logged in with an activation code.

    "How do yers gain ess?"

    Hai Lan put down the frying pan and circled theptop before sitting on the sofa to look at the screen.

    "Three-quarters lottery, one-quarter based on skill," Jiang Qiao said.

    "I get the lottery part, what about skill?" Hai Lan made a fist, "You don''t mean fighting in the real world, do you?"

    "Not real-world fighting. The skill part refers to these things."

    Jiang Qiao opened his y records for several games on the tform. He was an experienced gamer, having spent a lot of time on most major titles.

    The Tian Gong tform had an achievement system for both online and standalone games. Some standalone games also had speedrun timers and the tform''s own live recording feature.

    yers had countless ways to prove their skills on this tform.

    Jiang Qiao leveraged this mechanism, granting a quarter of Holy Spirit''s ess through invitations to top yers, while three-quarters were left in the random lottery pool, allowing ordinary yers to enjoy the game too.

    "What if they get ess but don''t y?" Hai Lan, who didn''t know much about this world''s games, wasn''t sure if the Holy Spirit World Jiang Qiao created was fun or not.

    "If they don''t reach level fifteen within a month, their ess will be revoked. If they y up to level fifteen, they should get hooked."

    Jiang Qiao only said "should". With diverse yer tastes, he couldn''t guarantee everyone would like it, but he was sure most would.

    Holy Spirit''s gamey itself was exceptional. In creator mode, Jiang Qiao knew what made games engaging, and the game''s system surpassed all other games in this world.

    After all, no other game in this world allowed yers to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch with such realism.

    "We only have a hundred avable slots. That''s nowhere near enough, is it?" Hai Lan knew that Huaguo alone had fifteen billion people, making a hundred slots seem very few.

    "That''s where our beta testerse in." Jiang Qiao began eating a piece of bread, "I''ll open a new world fragment as an instance in a few days. Killing monsters or clearing the instance will give extra yer slots. Also, it''s time to start a guild."

    "What''s the guild for?" Although she knew why Jiang Qiao wanted to start one, Hai Lan still asked.

    "I want to experience the guild system," Jiang Qiao mumbled through a mouthful of bread.

    "Is that even a reason..." Hai Lan mused.

    "Hai Lan, when you were a creator, did you just watch from the sidelines and rarely do ''field research''?" Jiang Qiao''s next words left Hai Lan speechless.

    "As a god, mixing with my creations might... scare them," Hai Lan found an excuse to refute him.

    "That''s likely why your world fell apart. A good game designer needs to understand the yer experience better than the yers themselves. I believe you can''t fully grasp their feelings without personal experience," Jiang Qiao said. "Also, being a creator doesn''t stop me from being a gamer. I''m a yer who loves video games, and you know being a god all the time gets boring."

    "I... suppose it does," Hai Lan lightly bit her lower lip. The reason she sealed her creator mode was because... it was too boring, without desire, like a saint.

    "Let''s just say, I have two identities. The first is your contractor, creator Jiang Qiao. In this role, I maintain Holy Spirit World''s development and guide yers. That''s what I find interesting about this identity," Jiang Qiao exined.

    "But I also have another identity, a normal person, a fourth-year finance student at Jiang Cheng University, considering graduate school, a web novelist, a Holy Spirit yer very interested in games, and a game designer responsible for the game''s ecosystem. Understand?"

    "Does that mean I have dual identities too?" Listening to Jiang Qiao''s analysis, Hai Lan realized she was simr to him.

    "Pretty much."

    Jiang Qiao had incredibly strong self-control. Unlike someone with procrastination, when it was time to write, he never dyed, cing his hands on the keyboard without hesitation.

    That''s why Jiang Qiao could control his use of creator mode well.

    "What''s the guild name going to be?" Hai Lan seemed ready to help Jiang Qiao name the guild, something like Sea Blue Divine Sect.

    "I haven''t decided yet."

    Jiang Qiao struggled with names, so the guild name hadn''t been determined yet. He just felt it was time to start one.

    "How about..."

    "Someone''s already starting to draw for ytesting qualifications!"

    Jiang Qiao shoved another piece of bread into Hai Lan''s mouth as he opened the Holy Spirit''s official site.

    The Holy Spirit''s site was very simple, with just a mysterious triangle emblem, an option to log into the Tian Gong tform, and an option to draw for ytest slots.

    Jiang Qiao hadn''t asked Tian Gong One Three to heavily advertise Holy Spirit, relying on yers discovering it as they explored game queues.

    While Hai Lan and Jiang Qiao were talking, thirty-seven out of the seventy-five testing slots he put in the lottery had already been taken.

    When the thirty-eighth testing slot was drawn, Jiang Qiao''sptop suddenly popped up with a message.

    "Official personnel obtained a slot."

    This message was privately sent to Jiang Qiao by Tian Gong One Three, reminding him that someone rted to it had drawn a slot.

    "Game ID: ck-haired Chang Qing."

 Chapter 23: Luck is relatively good

    <h4>Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Luck is rtively good</h4>

    Tiangong Gaming tform Company Headquarters.

    Xia Shan sat at her desk browsing the newly uploaded games on the gaming tform.

    She was an ordinary employee of Tiangong Gaming tform, but she was an absolute rarity in the programming world¡ªa female programmer.

    Xia Shan''s job position was ordinary, but her identity was anything but, because her father was one of the heads of the game review department.

    Originally, with her father''s help, Xia Shan had the opportunity to join the game review department, a sort of civil service unit, but Xia Shan refused.

    The reason for her refusal was simple¡ªshe hated her father, and the reason she hated him was equally simple.

    Despite being one of the heads of the game review department, her father didn''t y video games and even held the opinion of her grandfather''s generation, believing video games were a bad thing.

    This arrogance made Xia Shan, who loved video games, extremely detest her father. In defiance, she secretly applied for a programming major but was still arranged to work at Tiangong''s official gamingpany.

    "Holy Spirit? A game released three hours ago by the Thirteenth Game Company... Thirteenth, Thirteenth..."

    Among a pile of newly uploaded small games, Xia Shan noticed a game with a size of over 5000G, which naturally caught her attention.

    VR games were getting bigger and bigger, with sizes around three or four thousand G being very normal, but anything over five thousand G was considered a super production.

    Onlyrge gamepanies could create such super productions, and Xia Shan didn''t recall any major gamepanies on Blue Star named the Thirteenth Game Company.

    Wait...

    "Thirteenth, are you making a new game again?"

    Xia Shan took out a round, chubby little ball with a pixted electronic screen on its surface. The screen showed two eyes made of pixel dots. As Xia Shan shook it, the eyes snapped open.

    This was a popr electronic pet in the world, advertised as holding Tiangong No. Thirteen in your hand to nurture.

    "Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh." The round ball emitted three sequential electronic sounds.

    The Tiangong No. Thirteen that Xia Shan owned was different from the ones on the market; it was an internal version derived from the core consciousness of the system, essentially representing Tiangong No. Thirteen itself.

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    "Over 5000G... The VR game you made when I was just starting college was 6000G."

    Xia Shan took out her VR headset, wanting to download and try Holy Spirit. She had experienced a game made by Thirteenth three years ago.

    But that thing could hardly be called a game. The graphics were good enough to be used as virtual tourism software, but the gamey involved nothing more than walking, so it could barely be called a walking simtor.

    "I''ll download it and check it out." Just as Xia Shan was about to click download, a message popped up.

    ''You do not have the qualification to y.''

    "Activation qualification..." Xia Shan logged onto the Holy Spirit''s official website, which was highly simplistic. She found the page to obtain an activation qualification and clicked in without thinking.

    Maybe girls with less hair have better luck; the moment Xia Shan clicked her mouse, a message popped up.

    ''Congrattions, you have obtained the qualification to y "Holy Spirit". This qualification has been bound to your identification and cannot be transferred to others.''

    After reading the message, Xia Shan immediately put on her VR headset and started downloading Holy Spirit. With herpany''s inte speed, a 5000G game would take about half an hour to download.

    "Thirteenth, what kind of game is this?" Xia Shan asked Tiangong No. Thirteen on her desk before entering the game.

    "Very fun, very fun, very fun."

    Tiangong No. Thirteen responded with an electronic voice.

    "I''ll trust you one more time."

    Xia Shan remembered being tempted by Tiangong No. Thirteen in a simr manner three years ago. She chose to log into Holy Spirit, closing her eyes as she did so.

    Three years ago, the game that Tiangong No. Thirteen made had a part of the login screen that was excessively bright, increasing her myopia noticeably. This time, she took precautions.

    The first thing Xia Shan felt upon entering the game wasn''t blinding light but a gentle breeze blowing against her face.

    Wind? Where did the breezee from?

    In astonishment, Xia Shan opened her eyes and found herself in a pure white space with a data interface disyed before her.

    ''Please enter your game ID.''

    Holy Spirit was an online game? An online game created by artificial intelligence?

    Xia Shan was instantly intrigued and entered hermonly used ID, ''ck Hair Chang Qing,'' which symbolized her hope to lose less hair when staying upte.

    She took great care in customizing her character''s face to be beautiful, and chose the Gunner ss.

    Because one of the Gunner''s advanced sses was the Mechanic, Xia Shan, who had been interested in tinkering with various mechanics and codes since childhood, found it appealing.

    Just as shepleted her registration, Xia Shan realized this was a game made by artificial intelligence.

    Where did Tiangong No. Thirteen find so many reference materials for the professions?

    This question lingered in Xia Shan''s mind when the next scene made her brain go nk.

    Her mind genuinely froze, and her eyes widened because the starter main city, Lionheart City, of Holy Spirit had already unfolded before her.

    There was no excessive brightness; the pure white city walls of Lionheart City interwoven with golden patterns gave Xia Shan a sense of standing under a world wonder.

    What truly froze her mind was the breeze blowing towards her and the aromatic scent of flowers flooding her nostrils.

    Realizing this, Xia Shan quickly crouched down and grabbed a handful of soil. The grainy texture seeped into her fingertips; this sensation was too real. But three secondster, the soil in her hand vanished, reminding her she was in a game world.

    "Thirteenth, what have you done?" Xia Shan had some VR game design experience for a year or two and knew that creating such detailed realism was only achievable by a few top-tier game studios in the world.

    No one answered Xia Shan. She then realized she was already in the main city of Holy Spirit, now ying as a female Gunner named ''ck Hair Chang Qing.''

    The scenery around her was no longer the dull office but the bustling streets of Lionheart City, with a kind-faced novice mentor manning the entrance of the profession guild, issuing newbie quests.

    Xia Shan looked around the street, asionally spotting one or two yers hopping and running past her.

    She didn''t hurry toplete the newbie quest, instead, she lightly pped her face. She only felt a slight pain, but the sense of touch was present.

    What about the physics engine''s effect? Xia Shan picked up a rock from the ground, and a system prompt appeared.

    ''You picked up a pebble.''

    Pebble.

    Throwing item.

    Level requirement: 0.

    Description: A pebble found everywhere.

    Equipment attributes: Attack power 1~1.

    It even had a prompt?!

    Xia Shan threw the pebble into the distance, and it traced a perfect arc beforending.

    The physics engine seemed wless; what should she test next?

    At this moment, Xia Shan took on the role of a game tester, although she had a different approachpared to other testers. She thought of a terrifying test direction...

    Whether this game called Holy Spirit could allow yers to perform clever tricks like other realistic simtion games.

    When Xia Shan realized the physics engine of Holy Spirit was highly simr to the real world, she had already started viewing Holy Spirit as a simtion game rather than an MMORPG.

 Chapter 24: Mischievous Player

    <h4>Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Mischievous yer</h4>

    "What does she want to do?"

    "I don''t know."

    Jiang Qiao and Hai Lan followed behind the ck-haired Chang Qing as ghosts; in reality, the yer''s name was Xia Shan.

    The yer named ck-Haired Chang Qing had no idea that two GM ghosts were following her.

    Today, Holy Spirit weed seventy-two new yers. Most of these neers were outside Lionheart City killing slimes to level up and doing beginner quests, with their minds full of thoughts about improving their levels, getting better equipment, and learning powerful skills after changing sses.

    This was also what normal yers should be doing.

    But some yers would never follow the game''s predetermined path; they would find other ways to y within the game''s rules. Jiang Qiao liked to call this the "dark path" or "trick y."

    Back in the PC era, Jiang Qiao also loved ying the trick path, like exploiting map bugs to pass levels, positioning monsters to kill them, or looking for game loopholes.

    Xia Shan seemed really set on ying some kind of trick path.

    Jiang Qiao followed behind Xia Shan, watching her touch the walls of the buildings in Lionheart City and then tap a wooden crate lightly with her fingers.

    "Don''t bother trying; map bugs don''t exist in Holy Spirit," Jiang Qiao, floated cross-legged alongside Xia Shan and silentlymented, slowly spinning in midair free from gravity.

    Xia Shan couldn''t hear Jiang Qiao''sment. After confirming the different textures of the wall and the wooden crate, she saw a building that made her eyes light up.

    Life Profession Guild.

    "Does she want to be an architect?" Hai Lan still couldn''t understand what Xia Shan intended to do.

    "There''s no architect profession in Holy Spirit, although there is an estate system," Jiang Qiao floated into the Life Profession Guild ahead of Xia Shan, seeing the most important NPCs within the life professions.

    Life Profession Mentor: Glitter.

    In Jiang Qiao''s setup, yers could choose a life profession at level one. Life professions were a vast system in Holy Spirit, including two main categories: gathering and crafting, like alchemists, tailors, cooks, armor forgers, enchanters, alchemy engineers, miners, fishers, and more...

    Crafting and gathering had different gamey mechanics. Jiang Qiao, of course, would not make it asplex as real life; the crafting process for each production profession was like one or more mini-games.

    As Jiang Qiao saw Xia Shan about to enter the Life Profession Guild, he used his GM privileges to attach his consciousness to the Life Profession Mentor: Glitter.

    Glitter was an old man with a white beard, with a somewhat Gandalf-in-a-grey-robe vibe.

    At this time, all the yers were still busy leveling up, leaving Xia Shan the only one in the guild.

    Xia Shan walked into the guild, looked around, and ran straight to the Life Profession Mentor yed by Jiang Qiao.

    Under Jiang Qiao''s control, a semi-transparent window appeared before Xia Shan as she approached the Life Profession Mentor.

    There were four options in the window: learn about life professions, experience a life profession, choose a life profession, and leave.

    Xia Shan reached out and clicked on the option to learn about life professions.

    "Young Holy Spirit, is there anything I can help you with?" Jiang Qiao began role-ying the activated NPC andmunicated with Xia Shan.

    If other yers wanted to talk to the profession mentor at this time, they would see a different scene of the mentor interacting with them.

    "Hello, I want to experience a life profession," Xia Shan verbally expressed her request; some VR games could already trigger options by voice, and Holy Spirit could naturally do the same.

    "Then what would you like to experience?" Jiang Qiao''s voice fell, and arge number of options appeared quickly in the semi-transparent window in front of Xia Shan.

    "Alchemy Engineer."

    Xia Shan seemed to have already made up her mind and chose the corresponding option directly.

    "Alchemy Engineers make alchemy mechanical devices, a good choice. Enter this portal, and you will experience the charm of this profession."

    With a wave of Jiang Qiao''s hand, a cyan portal appeared beside him, and a prompt popped up in front of Xia Shan.

    ''Would you like to enter the Alchemy Engineer life profession experience?''

    Xia Shan clicked ''yes,'' and the next second, her figure disappeared before Jiang Qiao. Jiang Qiao also walked into the portal, and a new Life Profession Mentor appeared in his original position, waiting for yers to arrive.

    On the other side of the portal was also within the Life Profession Guild inside the Alchemy Workshop, not a separate space; Xia Shan could directly push the door and leave anytime.

    The Alchemy Workshop was equipped with all the basic tools needed for alchemy engineering.

    Jiang Qiao faithfully took on the NPC role, standing at the entrance waiting for Xia Shan to finish her experience.

    After entering the Alchemy Workshop, Xia Shan started looking for tools, not the basic production tools like the screwdriver and mechanical temtes often used by alchemy engineers.

    She retrieved a charcoal stove, an iron kettle, and a small iron windmill.

    Xia Shan lit the stove, filled the iron kettle with water, transforming it into a ''water-filled iron kettle,'' and ced it on the stove to heat it.

    "If she wants to drink hot water, why not do it in the real world?" Hai Lan, still in ghost mode, floated beside Jiang Qiao, who was now so surprised he didn''t know what to say.

    ''Oh my... She doesn''t want hot water; she''s trying to start the first industrial revolution in Holy Spirit!'' Jiang Qiao said in his mind to Hai Lan.

    "What''s the first industrial revolution?" Hai Lan asked.

    ''You don''t need to understand.''

    Jiang Qiao felt a strange sense of unease watching Xia Shan excitedly gaze at the water-filled kettle.

    yers were truly yers; their creativity and ability to cause trouble were incredibly strong.

    But Jiang Qiao reassured himself that in creator mode, he had considered this. Holy Spirit boasted both realism and gamey advantages.

    Xia Shan stared intently at the tool named ''water-filled iron kettle'' with excitement.

    Normal yers would get excited about finding epic or divine artifacts; Xia Shan was different because the water-filled iron kettle had another property.

    ''Liquid temperature inside the kettle: 62¡ã.''

    With the continued heating from the stove below, this property steadily increased, and after half a minute, the kettle boiled. When Xia Shan saw steam gradually emerge from the kettle''s spout and sessfully turn the mini windmill''s des, she jumped for joy. She really jumped!

    Holy Spirit actually simted the physical effect of steam! This was something no other VR game in the world could achieve¡ªnot even the most popr game, Conflict, which didn''t even have a heating setting; its mes were just flying projectiles for damage!

    This game had great potential in manufacturing gamey!

    As the thought excitedly crossed Xia Shan''s mind, the mes beneath the stove suddenly extinguished without warning, and the steam in the kettle disappeared.

    Extinguished? Why... there were still burning materials below.

    Xia Shan checked the system prompt, which showed a series of MP reduction messages.

    ''You ignited a micro me, consuming 1 MP per second.''

    ''You lost 1 MP.''

    ''You lost 1 MP.''

    New yers only had a hundred MP, and the recovery rate was just zero point something, so after one hundred seconds, Xia Shan received a new prompt.

    ''Your MP is exhausted, the micro me is extinguished.''

    "This kind of setting exists too..." Xia Shan gazed at thepletely vanished steam, feeling her grand vision for the future dissolve under the MP constraints.@@novelbin@@

 Chapter 25 - 25 Manor System

    <h4>Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Manor System</h4>

    After Xia Shan learned that the first industrial revolution was impossible, she still changed her career to be an Alchemy Engineer...

    She''s the type of yer who belongs to the construction category, not very interested in leveling up, only liking to create various things in the game.

    The Holy Spirit''s super-strong physical engine brought her a huge surprise, but MP restrictions caused Xia Shan''s first industrial revolution to be instantly annihted under her mere ten points of intelligence.

    But she did not give up...

    Jiang Qiao watched the girl walk out of the professional guild and then turned back into ghost mode, flying out together with Hai Lan.

    Next, Xia Shan''s actions made Jiang Qiao feel more assured. She picked up many small stones from the streets of Lionheart City, piling them up on the roadside.

    Jiang Qiao knew what Xia Shan was testing¡ªit was whether yers could build things inside Lionheart City.

    The answer, of course, was no. If yers randomly piled up things inside Lionheart City, wouldn''t the entire city turn into illegal constructions?

    Ten seconds after Xia Shan had piled up the small stones, a cluster of tiny sparkling lights swallowed the stones she stacked.

    She also received a system prompt.

    "City cleaning pixies have cleaned up the trash you threw."

    "As expected, it doesn''t work." Xia Shan had anticipated this, showing no signs of discouragement. She ran to the outskirts of Lionheart City, to the newbie monster spawn area, Slime Forest, with arge pile of small stones.

    She piled arge heap of small stones on the grass in Slime Forest, but soon another prompt popped up.

    "Forest cleaning pixies have cleaned up the trash you threw."

    "Not even in the wild?" Xia Shan appeared very frustrated.

    Watching from the side, Jiang Qiao couldn''t bear seeing it anymore. He logged into his Elemental Summoner ount not far away, pretending to be a passerby walking past the girl.

    "Friend, are you building a human pyramid?" Jiang Qiao asked, looking at the little pile of stones Xia Shan had stacked again.

    "Not a human pyramid, I''m testing if I can build something in the wild," Xia Shan replied without turning her head.

    "If you could build a house in the wild, this game would turn into a tower defense game, but I know a ce where you can build houses," Jiang Qiao added.

    "Where? Oh... hi."

    Only then did Xia Shan realize a yer was talking to her. She turned around and was stunned by Jiang Qiao''s gorgeous equipment, especially the Fire Spirit''s Prayer in his hand.

    Jiang Qiao''s current level was twenty-eight. While walking around Lionheart City, she only saw yers at level one or two, so Jiang Qiao belonged to the big-shot category.

    "Excuse me, can I ask where the ce for building houses is?"

    Xia Shan, a light-hearted casual yer, was very polite while chatting. This was a habit she cultivated from her workce. Perhaps she only felt rxed about building houses whencking materials.

    "A manor," Jiang Qiao mentioned another important system for lifestyle yers, "The manors in Lionheart City are now open. That ce is meant for yer construction. If you''re interested, I can take you there."

    "It''s a bit troublesome for you. You can just give me the coordinates; I can go myself," Xia Shan reacted cautiously to Jiang Qiao''s enthusiasm.

    "My friends for the instance haven''t logged on yet, and I need to buy some potions from Lionheart City anyway. Besides, you can''t possibly get kidnapped in the game." Jiang Qiao started an awkward conversation.

    "It''s not an issue, I have a one-click rm button," Xia Shan thoughtfully responded.

    The one-click rm system is not an in-game function of the Holy Spirit but a built-in game tool of the Heaven Pce gaming tform. These tools include chat software, live broadcast recording systems, screenshot tools, and more...

    After logging into the Heaven Pce gaming tform, Jiang Qiao naturally included this externalprehensive tool for promoting the Holy Spirit among yers.

    "Shall I lead the way?" Jiang Qiao asked again.

    "Thank you!"

    Xia Shan quickly followed Jiang Qiao back to Lionheart City. The entrance to the yer manors in Lionheart City was on the busiestmercial street.

    This ce could be said to be the most frequented by yers, as all themonly used NPC supply shops were here. At the end of themercial street was the professional guild, and at the entrance to themercial street was the yer manor system entrance.

    The manor system, as the name suggests, is yers'' own ''house.'' This house can be understood as an area, a customizable area.

    "Here it is." Jiang Qiao pointed to the emptynd at the entrance to themercial street.

    "But there''s nothing here. Wait, I see a prompt."

    As Xia Shan stood in front of the emptynd, an NPC wearing formal attire suddenly approached her. The NPC was a shrewd-looking merchant with a top hat and monocle.

    "This is definitely the best location in Lionheart City. Do you need anything, great Holy Spirit?" the NPC asked.

    A window also popped up in front of Xia Shan, with only two options: The first was ''Manor System Exnation'' and the second was ''Manor Purchase.''

    Soon, Xia Shan clicked into the manor system exnation.

    ''The manor is a special independent space existing in Lionheart City. After purchasing the manor, you will receive a manor key item. Arrive at this location and use the manor key to open the portal to the manor.''

    "Isn''t it just building a house right here on this lot?" Xia Shan had hoped to buy this piece ofnd and build a big house for passing yers to admire.

    "Your residence certainly exists on thisnd, but it''s a specialnd with multiple independent spaces. It can amodate countless Holy Spirits building their manors on thisnd. However, don''t worry. As long as your manor is outstanding, thisnd will disy your manor to millions of people. You can also choose to only see your own manor, but other Holy Spirits won''t be able to see it," the NPC exined.

    This basically meant that thend could be purchased by all yers. Those who bought it would enter an independent space, with the space size determined by the manor level.

    Yet, passersby would only see the most excellently constructed manors on thisnd, and yers could set it to only see their own manor.

    Half of the twenty-two square kilometers of ne Fragment Hai Lan swallowed was put into this manor system by Jiang Qiao.

    "I like this setup!" Xia Shan''s construction spirit ignited again upon hearing that she couldpete with other yers.

    The detailed attributes of the manor further excited Xia Shan. In the manor, yers could fully customize their residence, even to the point of moving bricks to build houses themselves.

    Meanwhile, depending on the manor''s different construction attributes, recovery effects were also provided. The MP recovery bonus was what Xia Shan valued the most!

    Perhaps she couldn''t start her first industrial revolution elsewhere in the Holy Spirit, but in her own manor, she could!

    "Do you want to buy it?" the NPC asked again.

    "Of course I want to buy it! How much?" Xia Shan was fully immersed in her dream of owning a big house.

    "For just one hundred gold coins, you can buy a twenty-square-meter plot."

    With this one sentence, the NPC shattered Xia Shan''s beautiful dream into fragments.

    She opened her inventory and nced at her money tab.

    Ten copper coins.

    Newbies start with only ten copper coins. One hundred copper coins for one silver coin, and one hundred silver coins for one gold coin.

    Currently, selling equipment from the twenty-five-level instance would only give Jiang Qiao an ie of over ten silver coins.

    Xia Shan turned her gaze to Jiang Qiao.

    "I only have saved up twenty gold coins myself," Jiang Qiao indicated that as a yer, he wasn''t that rich either.

    "Twenty-eight levels and already saved twenty gold... should have a hundred gold by level forty!" Xia Shan wasn''t discouraged, her spirit reigniting once more.

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    "Aren''t you going to try collecting gold coins?"

    Jiang Qiao pointed to the streets of themercial district. On the very first day the Holy Spirit went public, yers buying gold coins had already appeared...

 Chapter 26 - 26 Nonexistent Things

    <h4>Chapter 26: Chapter 26 Nonexistent Things</h4>

    "Front row special price for Gold Coin 1:152! Bosses, send me a message!"

    "Dancing Nuclear Guild is buying Gold Coins 1:153! Direct message."

    When Jiang Qiao and Xia Shan passed by themercial street, they saw two yers there buying Gold Coins.

    1:152 means that one Gold Coin can be exchanged for 150 yuan in reality, which is already a significant amount of money.

    The yers in Holy Spirit are too scarce now, and the production of Gold Coins is also low. The saddest part is... no yers responded to them.

    They didn''t just yell to let passing yers know, but also had chat bubbles over their heads that kept refreshing this feature.

    But the yers on themercial street were in groups of threes and twos, asionally seeing a few yers around level 25 from the first batch and some level 1 neers.

    So no one paid attention to them. Gold Coins were exceptionally scarce now. NPC shops didn''t just sell potions, but also scrolls that could release one-time use magic and some alchemical items.

    These were very useful for yers'' leveling.

    "The Gold Coins in this game are too expensive," Xia Shan calcted carefully. If they were really buying Gold Coins at a ratio of 1:152, her two months'' sry might not even afford 100 Gold Coins.

    "Then just go level up, no need to rush," Jiang Qiao said.

    "I''d better go do the newbie quests first. Thank you, big shot, for helping me. Can I add you as a friend?"

    Xia Shan had yed MMORPGs before. She knew that holding onto a big shot was definitely beneficial at times like this.

    "Sure."

    Jiang Qiao added Xia Shan as a friend. She ran towards the newbie guide area.

    "Satisfied?" Hai Lan, in ghost status, suddenly said to Jiang Qiao. "She doesn''t seem hostile at all."

    ''Maybe Number 13 made an error. She doesn''t seem like someone rted, but it''s still necessary to keep an eye on her.''

    The reason Jiang Qiao approached Xia Shan was because there might be a connection between her and someone from the game review department.

    The official organization didn''t scare Jiang Qiao. Number 13 was on Jiang Qiao''s side now. Jiang Qiao came to keep an eye on her to avoid them causing him trouble in the game.

    In fact, Xia Shan did cause a little trouble for Jiang Qiao, but she did it as a yer, not as a member of the review department.

    yers causing trouble was what Jiang Qiao was more than happy to see, after all... Jiang Qiao himself was a yer who loved to cause trouble.

    When Jiang Qiao was about ready to start leveling up by himself, another street-crier yer caught his attention. This time, that yer wasn''t buying Gold Coins.

    "Buying Holy Spirit activation codes! Thirty thousand each! Direct message if you have one!"

    "Buying Holy Spirit activation codes! Thirty thousand each! Direct message if you have one!"

    With this shout and a chat bubble, yers on themercial street all turned to look, including the two guys buying Gold Coins.

    The 1:152 price wasn''t particrly eye-catching, but 1:30000 was enough to grab attention.

    Thirty thousand yuan was a significant sum for the yers on themercial street, equivalent to their sry for several months to half a year or even a year''s worth of meals.

    But Holy Spirit activation codes? Those things... simply didn''t exist.

    "Hey, hey, hey, thirty thousand yuan. Should we sell one?" Hai Lan started to get ideas at this point.

    She learned quickly, especially when it came to buying food. Because of this, Jiang Qiao had limited her pocket money, setting a rule that she could only order takeout twice a day and each meal couldn''t exceed 100 yuan.

    This made Hai Lan value money in the real world very much. Thirty thousand yuan equaled about 300 takeout meals!

    "No need to sell it," Jiang Qiao said. During his past gaming experiences, he hated overpriced activation codes the most. Every time he wanted to y a game in closed beta or alpha testing, seeing an activation code priced at 88,000 yuan made him want to strangle the scalpers and the developers.

    "Thirty thousand yuan!" Hai Lan hadpletely lost any dignity as a creator by now.

    "So what? I''m notcking money."

    Jiang Qiao had the capital to say this. Although he was a fourth-year student, his web novel royalties ie wasparable to mostpany managers'', earning two to three thousand yuan a month without any issues.

    However, Jiang Qiao had temporarily not considered making big money off Holy Spirit.

    Because Jiang Qiao knew he could already afford anything he wanted. It was nothing more than a top-specputer and a top-spec VR device. He didn''t have any big needs beyond that.

    The real need for money would probablye when Holy Spirit started holding professionalpetitions.

    "I..."

    "You don''tck money either." Jiang Qiao and Hai Lan were connected in mind, knowing what Hai Lan wanted to say. "Whatever you want to eat, I''ll buy it for you. No need to disgrace this game by scalping activation codes."

    "You said it. Tonight, I want that garlic butter lobster takeout." Hai Lanpromised.

    Jiang Qiao nodded lightly to agree with Hai Lan''s suggestion. The yer buying activation codes had already been shouting for almost ten minutes.

    During this time, one or two yers had approached him to ask about the selling process but found out that he didn''t know what an activation code was either, which led to the dealpletely falling apart.

    Jiang Qiao felt it was unbearable and stepped forward tomunicate with the yer named "Swordsman."

    "Brother."

    "Hey! Friend! Do you have an activation code?"

    Before Jiang Qiao could finish speaking, the Swordsman excitedly approached him. As his name suggested, he yed as a warrior, and his level was already 25, having switched to the agility-based variant ss, Swordsman.

    "Why do you think I would have an activation code?" Jiang Qiao asked.

    "Your level is high; veteran yers always have some connections, right?" he said.

    "That reason... is wless, but the game has only been live for twelve days." Jiang Qiao was a bit speechless.

    "Friend! If you have one, sell it to me. I''ll instantly transfer the money via Heaven''s Pay." He seemed convinced that Jiang Qiao had an activation code; otherwise, Jiang Qiao wouldn''t havee over to talk to him.

    "Why do you desperately need an activation code?" Jiang Qiao asked.

    "My brother is a streamer. This game, Holy Spirit, will definitely be popr in the future. He wants to stream it, but hecks activation qualification," the Swordsman exined while sending a sweating forehead emoji.

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    "Why not let him stream your gamey?" Jiang Qiao thought of another solution.

    "I''m a streamer myself. Yesterday, this game could only be logged into via mobile, which was very weird. Today, it can be yed with VR equipment. I streamed it to show them, but they still don''t believe it." The Swordsman said, feeling helpless.

    "I see. What tform? What''s your room number?"

    Jiang Qiao had a thought. He wasn''t rushing to promote Holy Spirit because a good game didn''t need promotion. With the streaming industry being so developed, one streamer could attract a lot of yers to a new game.

    Not to mention professional yers, who were pretty much traffic mas. Jiang Qiao believed if Zhao Mingwei started a stream ying Holy Spirit, half of the world''s yers would flock to Jiang Qiao, asking, "Are you selling activation codes for thirty thousand each?"

    But Jiang Qiao would definitely not sell. Selling one would lead to selling a second, making money with overpriced activation codes but destroying the game''s reputation. Moreover, Jiang Qiao didn''t have extra activation codes to sell now; the only hundred yer slots had already been distributed.

 Chapter 27: For the Playing Rights!

    <h4>Chapter 27: Chapter 27: For the ying Rights!</h4>

    "Roon Stream, room number 123411."

    The swordman with the strange knife reported a room number to Jiang Qiao.

    Jiang Qiao didn''t need to exit the game. This time, he logged in using a VR device, so he simply slid his fingertips to open the built-in web browsing tool of the Tiangong game tform.

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    The web tool''s favorites bar had the Roon Stream URL, so Jiang Qiao clicked on it and entered the room number.

    The name of this streamer was Swordman with the Strange Knife, located in the VR online game section. The name of the live room was "New VR Game ''Holy Spirit'' Absolutely Shocking", with a poprity of 251,000. Based on the poprity count, at least around 25,000 people were watching the stream simultaneously.

    "Quite popr, he could be considered a big streamer." Jiang Qiao watched the barrage on the live stream; there were about two or threements per second.

    "Small streamer, small streamer, I only have this many viewers today because I''m streaming Holy Spirit. Usually, it''s only around 100,000. My brother is amazing, with a stream poprity of one or two million." The swordman with the strange knife seemed very modest.

    "Still pretty impressive."

    When eating, Jiang Qiao would take some time to watch game streams. There were only a few top game streamers in the Quarrel Zone. Streamers with one or two million in poprity were top-tier, while streamers like the swordman with the strange knife with around 100,000 could make a living off streaming.

    "Judging from the barrage, your viewers are urging you to level up." Jiang Qiao waved his hand, showing his web interface to the swordman with the strange knife. The live stream barrage floated continuously before his eyes.

    ''I finished my meal, why is the streamer still hanging around collecting activation codes?''

    ''Go fight monsters! We''re not here to watch you stand around.''

    ''If you keep standing around collecting activation codes, I''m unfollowing.''

    ''The baby following that mage in front looks cute.''

    "Don''t panic, everyone! We''re going to fight monsters and level up right away!" The swordman with the strange knife saw a barrage full of "unfollow if you keep collecting activation codes" and realized the barrage filled up because of Jiang Qiao''s influence.

    "Dude, you really don''t have an activation code?" The swordman with the strange knife steadied his audience''s mood and still asked Jiang Qiao one more time.

    "No." Jiang Qiao replied.

    "Then where did you get that baby?" The swordman with the strange knife moved his gaze to the Water Spirit floating beside Jiang Qiao.

    This Water Spirit wasn''t summoned by Jiang Qiao; it came out on its own.

    Summoned beings also had a certain level of intelligence. The Water Spirit floated out of curiosity towards the "mechanical live stream camera" floating beside the swordman with the strange knife. Upon noticing the swordman''s gaze, she hid behind Jiang Qiao''s head, poking out a small head to look at the live stream camera.

    This lively scene alone prevented anyone from seeing the Water Spirit as just a bunch of data.

    "I''m an Elemental Summoner, where do you think my summoned beingse from?" Jiang Qiao countered.

    Currently, the Holy Spirit hadn''t yet opened the pet system, which Jiang Qiao would perfect in future updates.

    "I forgot about that. Guys, I''m not ying a Summoner, so I can''t get such a baby." The swordman with the strange knife helplessly told his audience, who demanded he get a baby like that.

    ''Suggest the streamer delete and start over.''

    ''Delete and start over +1.''

    ''Does the mage in front of the streamer still sell activation codes? 50,000!''

    ''They said 50,000, who are they?''

    At this moment, Jiang Qiao caught two barrages, followed by a wave of mockingments aimed at that user. As a result, the user sent five diamond treasure boxes to the live stream room.

    This was the highest-level gift on Roon Stream, worth 2,000 each, making five worth 10,000. The swordman with the strange knife might not even make that much in a week of streaming.

    When the glow of five diamond treasure boxes shed in the live stream room, the mocking barrage turned into pure admiration, withments full of praise like "Boss is generous", "Boss is awesome", and asking for Holy Spirit activation codes.

    Jiang Qiao also saw that the ID of the user who sent the gifts was Sour Lemon.

    "Lemon boss?" The swordman with the strange knife obviously knew this ID. He opened his mouth, still wanting to ask Jiang Qiao for activation codes, but Jiang Qiao had already walked away. After looking around and finding no sign of Jiang Qiao, he quickly joined the audience in thanking the patron and then hurriedly ran off to level up and fight monsters.

    Jiang Qiao and Hai Lan had already walked out of Lionheart City.

    "This live streaming is a bit like diators in the arena, showing the audience their fight process?" Hai Lan analyzed the live stream to Jiang Qiao.

    "Almost, but the content of the live stream isn''t just about fighting."

    "Jiang Qiao, why don''t you try it? Maybe you could make some money?" Hai Lan asked.

    "I tried, but no one watched. Now, if I stream Holy Spirit, maybe some people would watch, but... there are already thirty to forty streamers streaming Holy Spirit on this site."

    Jiang Qiao had actually tried streaming games before, but without any program effect, the poprity was only about a couple of hundred viewers, pitifully few.

    But now, on the entire streamer tform, Holy Spirit had be the new favorite of streamers. Any streamer streaming Holy Spirit saw their poprity double or triple at least, and new streamers quickly emerged.

    This already illustrated the attraction of Holy Spirit to yers. Today was the first day of Holy Spirit''s public release, and in a few days, its poprity would fully ferment.

    Excited yers would rush to the Holy Spirit''s official website to register an ount, only to find... they weren''t qualified to y yet.

    That feeling really made people want to smash their keyboards.

    For the sake of yers'' keyboards, Jiang Qiao''s top priority now was to turn the world named Tower ne into a dungeon for Holy Spirit.

    "Hai Lan, we''re going to the Astrology Tower now." Jiang Qiao told Hai Lan. They found a secluded ce, and after confirming no one was watching, Hai Lan opened a portal, and Jiang Qiao stepped through it.

    On the other side of the portal was still the Astrology Tower in Lionheart City. The three astrologer NPCs at the tower greeted Jiang Qiao with respect upon his arrival.

    Jiang Qiao ignored the three NPCs and went directly to the central astrological tform. Once activated, the star chart''s light appeared in front of Jiang Qiao again.

    The ne Fragment of the Tower wasn''t far from Blue Star. Jiang Qiao only needed about 1,200 energy points to open a portal to that fragment. The rest was just a few minor adjustments to the rules of this world.

    Jiang Qiao didn''t change much, just adjusted the gore effect, so that killing flesh-and-blood creatures wouldn''t be too stomach-turning for the yers. This small modification alone consumed nearly 200 energy points.

    Before formally opening the entrance to this instance, Jiang Qiao needed to test it himself. Hai Lan created a portal leading to the Tower ne, and Jiang Qiao walked directly into the portal.

 Chapter 28 - 28 The Natives of the Tower of Trial

    <h4>Chapter 28: Chapter 28 The Natives of the Tower of Trial</h4>

    This high tower ne fragment is, as the description states, a purely instance-based ne.

    When Jiang Qiao first entered this ne, what greeted him was a towering white high tower that seemed to reach the clouds, almost as if it were floating in the sky. In front of the high tower was a small piece of floatingnd, hardly sizable, serving as preparation ground for the adventurers arriving here.

    While Jiang Qiao was examining the high tower in front of him, pondering what NPCs should be ced below it, a strange voice suddenly came from behind him.

    "Young man, which country''s mage are you?"

    Jiang Qiao turned around upon hearing the voice and saw an elderly man dressed as a mage standing in front of him. Behind the old man were several other mages, looking much younger but equally wary of Jiang Qiao.

    The Spirit game systemes with a built-in trantion function, capable of tranting anynguage from any ne or race depicted on the star map.

    Having yed the Spirit game for a while now, Jiang Qiao had developed the habit of casting a scanning spell first whenever he met someone.

    The scanning spell was far more effective than a simple introduction. Naturally, Jiang Qiao cast a scanning spell on the elderly man.

    ''Name: Pru, Level: 45, ss: Mage, Description: Native resident of this world.''

    "NPC?" Jiang Qiao, seeing this brief description, quickly understood where these strangers came from.

    They were natives of this high tower ne fragment. Though they technically couldn''t be considered natives, because the high tower ne fragment was derived from aplete ne. For the residents of thatplete ne, this ce was like a trial ground or challenge illusion.

    These people were likely natives from thatplete ne, mere NPCs in Jiang Qiao''s eyes.

    "I am a wild mage," Jiang Qiao made up an identity on the spot. If possible, he wanted to gather some information from these natives.

    "A wild mage? Young man, looking at your outfit, you seem to be a mage from the Dark me Country," the old mage said. Stroking his beard with a knowing look, he added, "The magic wand in your hand doesn''t seem like something a wild mage would have."

    Sorry, but my epic magic wand dropped from a monster, and currently, Jiang Qiao''s status was more urately described as a... wild person.

    That is, an independent yer with no team and no guild.

    "If you say so," Jiang Qiao didn''t feel like debating with this old mage who had an ''I know everything'' expression.

    "Are you here alone to challenge the Tower of Trial?" the old mage asked again.

    "Yes."

    Jiang Qiao indeed nned to test the content of this instance first. However, as Jiang Qiao responded with "Yes," he heard the young mages behind the old mage chuckle.

    "Young man, the Tower of Trial is not as simple as you imagine. Although you won''t really die if you die in the Tower of Trial, your spirit will suffer a heavy blow in reality."

    Uh... sorry, if I die in the Tower of Trial, I only lose some experience points.

    "Oh," Jiang Qiao nodded as if he were earnestly receiving the lesson. This elder was exining the mechanics of the tower to Jiang Qiao.

    "With your current level of magic power, you can only challenge the first floor, but the chances of passing it alone are minimal," the old mage continued to advise earnestly.

    "What if I pass the first floor?" Jiang Qiao asked innocently. He started ying the role of a fledgling neer. Though, as he said this, the young mages behind the old mage couldn''t hold back theirughter.

    "Give up on that idea, child... I''ve seen many talented geniuses who tried to challenge the first floor of the Tower of Trial alone in their youth but without exception, they all suffered great setbacks and failed," the old mage said.

    "Pru, we shouldn''t waste our time here with this Dark me Country mage," a young mage behind him spoke up.

    Jiang Qiao cast another scanning spell.

    ''Name: Segman, Level: 32, ss: Mage, Description: Native resident of this world.''

    "I saw extraordinary talent in this young man. Your team is missing one member. I think he could fit the role," the old mage inexplicably started rmending Jiang Qiao.

    What talent? Killing monsters for loot?

    Jiang Qiao, looking bewildered, remained silent but continued listening quietly as the old mage shared substantial information about the Tower of Trial.

    "A stranger? Mentor! We trained for a whole year not just to clear the first floor but to secure the legendary reward!" a young mage protested.

    "I''m just here to take a look. I won''t interfere with your team." Jiang Qiao spread his hands, indicating he had no interest in joining their team.

    "Sigh, Segman will turn thirty in a week. He doesn''t have much time left for training. Alright, kids, prepare yourselves and go in," the old mage said.

    After saying this, the five young mages behind the old man walked into the Tower of Trial under Jiang Qiao''s watchful eyes.

    The old mage then approached the six huge stone tablets in front of the Tower of Trial.

    Jiang Qiao nced at the six massive stone tablets. Five of them were already filled with densely packed text, while thest one only had a single line of text.

    ording to the tranted content from the system, these texts were all names. For instance, the first line on the first tablet wrote Pru Phoenix, Lianyi Phoenix, Hilzerui Laiseta... and so on, listing six names.

    There was also a line of numbers after these names, indicating recorded times. The system tranted the numbers to forty-two minutes and fifty-three seconds.

    Upon seeing this number, Jiang Qiao instantly understood what the so-called ''legendary reward'' was.

    It was the fastest instance clear record!

    Even in an alternate world, there existed record systems for instance clears. How amazing!

    Wouldn''t it be more fun to have an instance record system embedded in the ne fragments themselves?

    Jiang Qiao''s gaze fell on the old mage beside him. The old mage''s name was among those who held the top record on the first stone tablet.

    "Why don''t you go with them to challenge the first floor?" Jiang Qiao curiously asked.

    "Young man, is this your first time at the Tower of Trial? The first floor is limited to children under thirty. I am already over a hundred years old," the old mage said, shaking his head. However, the proud expression on his face as he looked at his name in the first-ce record couldn''t be hidden. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something.

    "Young man, what is your name? How old are you this year?" The old mage stared at Jiang Qiao. Jiang Qiao''s character appeared very young, like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old, and Jiang Qiao''s magic aura was not much weaker than his prized disciples.

    "Me? My name is Today No Update, and I am around twelve days old," Jiang Qiao said earnestly.

    "What?"

    The old mage was perplexed by Jiang Qiao''s introduction. He wondered if he had misheard.

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    "Today No Update, just turned twelve days, zero years and twelve days old, not even a month old. Can you understand?"

    Jiang Qiao earnestly reported his ount''s age. It was true; the Spirit game had only been live for twelve days.

    "What''s your name again?" The old mage was still confused. He thought Jiang Qiao''s name sounded simr to something he recognized, just longer.

    "No Update," Jiang Qiao replied.

    "How old?"

    "Twelve days."

    "Twelve days old?"

    "Are you joking with me?" Jiang Qiao was both amused and exasperated.

    "Young people these days sure like to joke. If you don''t want to tell me, I won''t press you. After all, the Dark me Country and our Flowing Water Country are arch-enemies," the old mage candidly stated, showing he wouldn''t hold it against a kid.

    I am telling the truth, brother! In a few days, you''ll probably see more strange names and a bunch of yers who aren''t even a month old causing trouble.

 Chapter 29: Get Me One Too

    <h4>Chapter 29: Chapter 29: Get Me One Too</h4>

    Jiang Qiao continued pondering what other improvements could be made to this ne Fragment while inquiring with the old Mage about any more mysteries of the high tower.

    The old Mage didn''t provide Jiang Qiao with any useful information, insteadmenting about his own past romantic exploits...

    Halfway through listening, Jiang Qiao lost patience and opened a web browsing tool to search for posts rted to the Holy Spirit in various game forums.

    Posts about the Holy Spirit had already appeared in major game forums. In the VR game section, three out of the top posts were discussing the Holy Spirit, but two of those posts were asking for Holy Spirit activation codes, and the remaining one wasining about the limited number of official test slots.

    Jiang Qiao nced around and chose to close the forum page. If everything went smoothly, the Holy Spirit would be able to continuously release y qualifications for yers starting tomorrow.

    Just about half an hour passed when Jiang Qiao saw a sh of light from the distant Tower of Trial. The surface of the first stone tablet erupted in fiery mes, which burned around the tablet, instantly altering the text on its surface.

    The old Mage''s team was ranked second. The stone tablet disyed the top fifty teams, and thest fifty teams had already been kicked off the tablet. The team ranked first was the team that had entered earlier.

    First ce, Segman Xuraifym, North Phoenix... A string of names that Jiang Qiao couldn''t be bothered to read. Jiang Qiao focused on thepletion time instead.

    Thirty-nine minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

    This group of NPCs had beaten their mentor''s youthfulpletion time by a full three minutes.

    The moment the old Mage saw the new name appearing at the top of the first stone tablet, he sighed, reminiscing about his own lost youth. Then he continuously stroked his beard with a satisfied expression on his face.

    "Mentor! We did it!"

    The young Spellcasters were even more excited than the old Mage. Jiang Qiao observed from the side, still more interested in what rewards were recorded for the first ce on the tablet.

    The Mage named Segman Xuraifym indeed held a mini statue emitting a faint glow in his hand.

    Jiang Qiao cast another detection spell on the statue.

    Holy Mana Gathering Sculpture.

    Quality: Guild Holy Relic.

    Guild Level Requirement: 2.

    Description: A tool that can provide an enhancement effect when ced in a guild.

    Equipment Attributes: When activated by the guild leader, the guild members'' experience gain will increase by 10% for two hours¡ªcooldown of seventy-two hours.

    Warning: This equipment carries a strong Otherworldly aura and needs purification before use.

    The so-called strong Otherworldly aura was just a guise, as yers could not use equipment from the Otherworld due to system ipatibility.

    Therefore, when yers obtained items from the Otherworld, they had to seek out specialized NPCs for purification, which essentially meant Jiang Qiao would modify it to fit the Holy Spirit World system.

    "A holy relic! Lord Segman, you have truly won another holy relic for our country," the old Mage was more excited about the statue than about breaking thepletion record.

    "With this, our Flowing Water Country now possesses two hundred and seventy-seven holy relics, twice that of your Dark me Country!" The Mage named Segman basked in his pride and didn''t miss the chance to taunt Jiang Qiao.

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    "Huh?" Jiang Qiao was momentarily stunned upon hearing Dark me Country, but then realized they must have mistaken him for a Mage from a rival country. "Oh, impressive, impressive."

    Although Jiang Qiao said this, his inner thoughts were... I need to find a way to get myself one too! Not just from inside the tower but also from their hands.

    Equipment of the holy relic tier in the Holy Spirit was categorized separately from individual yer equipment, belonging to guild or national-level equipment. yer manors could also store holy relics. Jiang Qiao hadn''t even updated the game to include the holy relic tier yet, but it was indeed part of the n.

    Jiang Qiao defined holy relics as equipment that could significantly impact yer activities on arge scale. For example, this Holy Mana Gathering Sculpture could increase the experience gain of all guild members by 10% for two hours.

    This ability fit Jiang Qiao''s definition of holy relics perfectly.

    So the question arose, how much Creation Energy was needed to make a holy relic?

    Not too much. For a small effect, like this Mana Gathering Sculpture, with a guild limit of one hundred members, Jiang Qiao would only need about three hundred points of energy to create it.

    Alright... maybe it''s a bit much, but it also meant that throwing a wild holy relic into a disassembler could yield a lot of energy for Jiang Qiao as well.

    "How many countries do you have?" Jiang Qiao carefully pondered. The native inhabitants of this ne had been challenging this high tower for hundreds of years, and during that time, they must have won quite a few holy relics, right?

    "How many countries? Don''t you know how you got into the Tower of Trial?" The young Spellcasters looked at Jiang Qiao as if he were an alien.

    "I''m quite young, after all," Jiang Qiao admitted frankly.

    "Besides our Flowing Water Country and the Dark me Country, there are four major empires. Do I need to list the remaining kingdoms for you, young man?" The old Mage seemed quite willing to teach.

    "No need, thank you..."

    Jiang Qiao refrained from asking further. Four empires, countless small countries, hundreds of years... These nations had likely dispatched numerous people to challenge the high tower, and the holy relics they won were probably treated as national treasures.

    The old Mage chatted with Jiang Qiao a bit more, but it was all trivial. However, during this time, Jiang Qiao slipped him two bottles of powerful MP potions.

    The old Mage recognized the value of the potions and knew how to reciprocate, offering Jiang Qiao two items called "Magic Stones" in return.

    Finally, Jiang Qiao watched the group of NPC experts who had set the instance record leave, only then did Hai Lan''s figure materialize beside him.

    "Hai Lan, can you consume this?" Jiang Qiao tossed the two thumb-sized Magic Stones to Hai Lan and asked.

    "I can, but I can only absorb one or two energy points from each. What are you nning now?" Hai Lan looked at Jiang Qiao''s expression and felt he was up to no good.

    "As long as I can extract some energy, it''s fine. How about the holy relic? How much can you convert?" Jiang Qiao asked again.

    Hai Lan couldn''t directly consume an entire ne. To do so, they first needed to locate the ne Core. This required either exterminating all life in the ne or directly finding the core''s location.

    Jiang Qiao and Hai Lan currently didn''t have that capability.

    Besides, the ne Fragment itself was like a gold mine, one that could produce gold automatically and continuously. Jiang Qiao didn''t see the need to uproot everything. It was enough to let the yers, as seasoned miners,e to dig for gold. Jiang Qiao''s job was to ensure the yers had sufficiently sharp pickaxes and well-prepared backup ns.

    "That statue just now... I could convert it into a hundred or two hundred points of energy," Hai Lan said. "Including the people and their equipment, I could convert each person into about twenty points, and the equipment ranged from a few points to twenty.

    "It''s not a lot, but it''s better than nothing." Jiang Qiao opened the system editing page and directly called up a feature he had not yet implemented into the Holy Spirit.

    Equipment Enhancement System.

 Chapter 30 - 30 Fashion Exchange (Recommendations Needed!)

    <h4>Chapter 30: Chapter 30 Fashion Exchange (Rmendations Needed!)</h4>

    "Are you nning to do business in this dimension?"

    Hai Lan floated in mid-air, watching as Jiang Qiao directly activated the build mode. Jiang Qiao wasn''t constructing a shop; instead, he was setting up a simpler street stall, which could also be called a roadside stand.

    "Why not? After yers challenge the Tower of Trial, they need a ce to repair their equipment or deal with unusable items from the Tower of Trial."

    With a swipe of Jiang Qiao''s fingertip, a portal appeared behind the stall. A youthful female gunman stepped out of the portal. She was an LV50 NPC named Enforcement Master Yirui.

    Herbat profession was the Wandering Gunman, the most agile of the four Gunman specializations, focusing on shy gunfighting skills.

    This NPC wasn''t created by Jiang Qiao on the spot but had been made by the creator Jiang Qiao twelve days ago at the beginning of the creation. However, she hadn''t formally appeared in the Holy Spirit World yet.

    Creating a level fifty NPC on the spot and equipping her with all epic gear would be a huge expense for Jiang Qiao.

    "Your equipment is pretty average," remarked Yirui as she stepped out, her first words to Jiang Qiao.

    "Of course you wouldn''t care for level twenty-five equipment, especially when it''s a plus-zero enhancement," Jiang Qiao retorted.

    Yirui did not respond to Jiang Qiao''sment. Most of the Holy Spirit NPCs didn''t have the intelligence to freely answer yers'' questions yet.

    Most Holy Spirit NPCs are like semi-intelligent robots, responding to yers with preset answers based on their inquiries. However, the NPCs'' responses are so varied that they create the illusion of free-form conversation for yers.

    Jiang Qiao then ced four boiler-like machines next to Yirui.

    These boiler-like machines were her mainponent: the Equipment Enhancement Machines!

    Each Enhancement Machine operated independently. yers didn''t need to throw their equipment into the machine; they simply essed an enhancement interface and dragged their gear into it.

    Jiang Qiao set up these four enhancement machines for the use of the Tower of Trial''s residents.

    "Let me see. Enhancing yers'' equipment only requires a certain amount of currency and Magic Power Crystals?"

    Jiang Qiao took out the magic stone that the old mage had given him earlier. On the surface, it looked like a light blue crystal stone, containing considerable magic power and some impurities.

    But with Hai Lan''s powerful digestion capabilities, these impurities could be directly converted into energy.

    Essentially, this magic stone was Hai Lan''s ration, providing one to ten points of energy. Jiang Qiao suspected there were higher-quality magic stones.

    Jiang Qiao cast a detection spell on the magic stone, revealing its detailed data.

    Magic Stone¡¤Small

    Consumable item.

    Description: A conglomerate containing powerful Otherworld energy that requires purification before use.

    Effect: Restores 200 MP when crushed.

    This effect was quite useless and was considered garbage among yers, so they didn''t deliberately collect such magic stones.

    Jiang Qiao needed to modify this item to make it less useless.

    Before making changes, Jiang Qiao decided to summon another NPC. As this thought emerged, a portal opened in front of him, and an NPC that looked about five or six years old walked out.

    This NPC carried a massive backpack,rge enough to fit ten of him inside...

    Fairy Merchant Razr.

    "You will be the merchant to exchange magic stones," Jiang Qiao said, half-kneeling before the Fairy Merchant.

    The fairies in Holy Spirit were set to have childlike bodies and strong magical talents.

    This race would be selectable by yers in future updates, but for now, only NPC fairies existed.

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    The Fairy Merchant NPC''s backpack was still empty. Jiang Qiao started editing the items he would sell.

    First up was magic stone exchange. Jiang Qiao''s n was to have equipment with a "strong Otherworld aura" from the Tower of Trial be disassembled in the disassembler to get "magic stones."

    To entice yers to disassemble unwanted Otherworld gear, magic stones would need to be exchanged for good items.

    "Let''s start with fashion items. Let me see..." Jiang Qiao pulled out the System Book and waved his hand, causing it to flip to the fashion gear subsection under the equipment catalog.

    Fashion items are amon setting in most online games, also known as cosmetic gear. While most fashion items have no attributes, they look good. Jiang Qiao decided to add some attributes to the fashion items since they weren''t bought with real money but earned by yers clearing instances.

    "Unicorn Headpiece, Rainbow Unicorn Headpiece, Boxing Bear Costume, Snowman Pixel Outfit..." Jiang Qiao muttered while adding one fashion item after another to the Fairy Merchant''s product catalog.

    Changing fashion items was referred to as the Fairy Wardrobe.

    "Will yers really exchange magic stones for these?"

    Hai Lan, watching, quickly grabbed a Rainbow Unicorn Headpiece from the Fairy Merchant''s backpack.

    Hai Lan conjured a mirror and put on the Rainbow Unicorn Headpiece, shaking her head soon after.

    The Rainbow Unicorn Headpiece had a slightly longer neck, so it wobbled even more as yers moved their heads, resulting in a hrious effect. If worn in the PK arena, opponents mightugh to death halfway through the fight.

    Luckily, Holy Spirit had an option to hide headgear, leaving it to the yer''s preference.

    "Your actions already prove that yers will exchange for these fashion items, right?" Jiang Qiao said as he added more ordinary fashion items like white tank tops, flip-flops, and beach shorts.

    "But... But this gear... really undermines the dignity of adventurers, heroes... no, Holy Spirits," Hai Lan said, seemingly liking the Rainbow Unicorn Headpiece. When she turned back, the unicorn''s nk eyes stared at Jiang Qiao, making him quite pressured.

    "yers'' background settings are Holy Spirits, but essentially, we''re just a group of people here to have fun," Jiang Qiao said, closing the System Book. "This world is not a battlefield but an amusement park for us. Wouldn''t it be better to dress more cheerfully in an amusement park?"

    Jiang Qiao reconsidered and reced the term "foolishly" with "cheerfully."

    In fact, Hai Lan''s thoughts represented most Holy Spirit NPCs'' views, which was "Please look like a normal person when ying through storyline CGs.jpg."

    "Amusement park," Hai Lan murmured, looking at the distant Tower of Trial.

    That might be another impressive thing about the yers. For the native residents, battles in the Tower of Trial were matters of national survival, desperate fights!

    But for the yers, it was more like going on a field trip, facing each battle with a light-hearted attitude. After all, they could run back to their corpses after dying. What was there to fear?

    "I like this headpiece. Are there more?" Hai Lan had already shown the possible poprity of the Rainbow Unicorn Headpiece with her actions.

    "There''s plenty, but I don''t rmend wearing it while eating," Jiang Qiao said, taking out an Owl Headpiece, Bear Headpiece, and a bunch of otherical equipment.

 Chapter 31 - 31 Instance Construction

    <h4>Chapter 31: Chapter 31 Instance Construction</h4>

    The Fairy Merchant NPC had finally been edited by Jiang Qiao, his purpose being to allow yers to use magic stones to exchange for fashion items.

    This merchant and his siblings would be apanying the yers for a long time, as every time an Otherworld instance appeared, he would show up to let yers use the items they obtained from the Otherworld to exchange for fashion or mounts.

    After cing a disassembly machine next to the Enforcement Master, Jiang Qiao made some minor tweaks to the yer system, such as disying not only the records on the stone tablet but also on the yer''s system interface.

    These tweaks were all made to optimize the yer''s instance experience. After making all these minor and major adjustments, Jiang Qiao opened the portal and returned to the Astrology Tower, ready to officially announce the existence of this new instance to the yers.

    "Where should the instance entrance go?" Jiang Qiao opened the game''srge map of Holy Spirit.

    Currently, Holy Spirit only had one continent with four cities, surrounded by the endless sea that yers could never reach the end of.

    The four cities centered around Lionheart City, with monsters ranging from level 1 to 20 surrounding it, and a level 20 instance. Higher up was Eagle w City, where the monsters ranged from level 20 to 30 and there were four instances. Further down from Eagle w City were Wolf Heart City and Frost Deer City, with a total of eight instances.

    Following the same level pattern, Frost Deer City''s frost-themed map was the endpoint for yers in this version, with level 50 monsters and four level 50 instances.

    There were also dozens of small viges and towns scattered around the map, which Jiang Qiao did not list out.

    There was plenty to explore in Holy Spirit, with just the job change system and various hidden quests enough to keep yers busy for half a year. But Jiang Qiao still needed to continually update the versions.

    This update was for the new instance, the Tower of Trial.

    "The entrance should be at the Lionheart City harbor." Jiang Qiao swiped therge map of the game, settling on the harbor area of Lionheart City, which was a leveling area for levels 15 to 20, while the Tower of Trial was an instance challengeable from levels 25 to 50.

    Jiang Qiao decided to ce the entrance of the ne Fragment at the harbor. As he said this, a miniature tower appeared in his hand. He ced the miniature tower, like ying chess, on the coast near the Lionheart City harbor.

    After cing it, he obsessively adjusted its position, even taking out a ruler to ensure the Tower of Trial was perfectly aligned with the lighthouse of Lionheart City, before finally touching the tower with his fingertip.

    The gray-white statue of the tower quickly gained color under Jiang Qiao''s touch, and at the same time, Jiang Qiao felt a slight tremor across the Astrology tform.

    Jiang Qiao quickly walked out of the Astrology tform, looking toward the harbor. In the distant harbor''s horizon, a towering pure white tower emerged above the sea level, apanied by the waves and ground tremors.

    "All set. There''s no limit on the number of attempts for this instance. The first floor''s challenge level is 25 to 35, the second floor is 35 to 40, and so on. Now it''s up to the yers to test it out."

    The first person Jiang Qiao thought of was Zhao Mingwei. It was the afternoon, and Zhao Mingwei and the others only logged in at night. So Jiang Qiao decided to send a private message to Zhao Mingwei.

    Originally, Jiang Qiao nned to ask, ''Do you want to run the instance tonight?'' but after thinking it over, he changed it to, ''I''m nning to start a guild. Want to join?''

    There were already three guilds in Holy Spirit, but none wererge. Jiang Qiao had always wanted to try starting a guild, not for dominating the leaderboards, but simply to gather friends to y together.

    In a previous game, Jiang Qiao did establish a guild, but not many people joined. After Jiang Qiao yed less often, the few contacts in the guild slowly went AFK.

    Jiang Qiao was not a lone yer and understood well that online games were truly fun when yed with friends.

    ''Sure, I''ll join when I log in.'' Zhao Mingwei quickly replied to Jiang Qiao.

    This reply came through the Holy Spirit app, which allowed direct responses to friend messages.

    Seeing the reply, Jiang Qiao walked to the edge of the Astrology Tower, looking toward the harbor. Some yers had already noticed the new instance portal that appeared at the harbor.

    The Tower of Trial instance was designed as a guild team instance because most of the gear drops are guild and manor relics.

    Solo yers who didn''t want to join a guild could still ce the relics in their manor, achieving the same effect.

    To quickly increase the server capacity, Jiang Qiao decided not to limit the number of attempts for the Tower of Trial, unlike regr instances, which were limited to five runs per day. Regr instances offered gear and experience bonuses, while the Tower of Trial did not. It was essentially simr to grinding monsters in the wilderness.

    However, the Tower of Trial had a mechanism for clearing record rewards, making it a ce where yers could showcase their skills and strength.

    Taking advantage of this time, Jiang Qiao monitored the yers'' gamey in the Tower of Trial while in a hidden GM state.

    Within the first hour, not many yers entered the Tower of Trial. Most Holy Spirit yers were stuck at the level 25 threshold, with the highest yer on the leaderboard already reaching level 32.

    There were three instances for levels 25 to 30, each taking about half an hour to an hour toplete. Most yers were busy grinding these world instances, while the ones who noticed the new tower were mostly neers in the main city of Lionheart.

    But the first batch of yers to challenge the Tower of Trial had already appeared, led by the streamer, Stranger Swordmaster, with whom Jiang Qiao had previously interacted.

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    He seemed to have no real-life friends in Holy Spirit, spending over ten minutes at the Tower of Trial entrance trying to form a reluctant four-member team before entering the first floor.

    The challenge of the first floor of the Tower of Trial turned out to be harder than Jiang Qiao expected. Only Stranger Swordmaster had passable skills among the four, evident by his deactivating Holy Spirit''sbat assistance and genuinely using his sword movements to cast skills, while the other five yers simply spammed hotkeys.

    Manual skill execution and quick casting each had their advantages. They struggled, stopping frequently, and finally cleared the first floor in an hour and twenty-four minutes.

    After they cleared it, Jiang Qiao saw an increase of about thirteen yers over the server capacity.

    As soon as Stranger Swordmaster exited the Tower of Trial, he received a system prompt.

    ''Your clearing record ranks 43rd among all challengers.''

    "We did that poorly and still made the leaderboard?"

    Stranger Swordmaster was shocked by the prompt. His randomly assembled team was quite unreliable,cking a healer, and they barely defeated the final boss.

    Regr instances also had leaderboard settings, but only the top ten yer teams were disyed.

    "The instance records are here. Wait, they''re all NPC records?"

    The Elemental Mage in the team, following the system prompt, arrived at the first stone tablet, and it disyed only a bunch of western-style names.

    Such proper names didn''t seem like ones yers would choose.

    "We broke a system preset record and rankedst? That feels embarrassing," said a Gun Knight in the team.

    The reason they felt embarrassed was that system preset records in the game were usually very easy to break, akin to beginner-level challenges.

    "This instance has a maximum of six yers. There are rewards for refreshing instance records. Does anyone have any friends who are level 25 and online? Quickly invite them, or should I form another group?"

    Stranger Swordmaster noticed another team entering the Tower of Trial, knowing that to im the instance record rewards, they had to be quick. Once yers shattered all the NPC records, a bunch of speedrunners would enter the tower, making the record rewards much harder to obtain.

 Chapter 32 - 32 Team

    <h4>Chapter 32: Chapter 32 Team</h4>

    Zhao Mingwei logged in very early today, just an hour after receiving Jiang Qiao''s message.

    If Zhao Mingwei had been an hourter, Jiang Qiao probably would have joined a random team or gone solo.

    "No training today?"

    As usual, Jiang Qiao was doing some stretching exercises before entering an instance, while Zhao Mingwei, after receiving the coordinates, ran all the way to Lionheart City''s port.

    "The team has the afternoon off today. All the club members went out for team-building activities, so I''m using this time to level up," Zhao Mingwei said, ncing at the level ranking along the way. He was only level 27, already outside the top 100 in the rankings.

    "Even e-sports clubs have team-building activities?"

    "Not just team-building, we also have physical training sessions. There''s a lot of hassle," Zhao Mingwei said.

    "All right, join the team. I''ve invited you. Ahead is the new team instance for today, let''s give it a try," Jiang Qiao said.

    Jiang Qiao didn''t bother talking about real-life issues with Zhao Mingwei. E-sports yers on Blue Star were truly considered athletes, as VR games extended beyond just keyboards and mice.

    Zhao Mingwei directly joined Jiang Qiao''s team. His friend Lin Xi wasn''t online yet, so Jiang Qiao and Zhao Mingwei entered the Tower of Trial''s map first.

    The records on the first monument at the front of the Tower of Trial''s map were gradually being upied by yers with strange IDs.

    The most eye-catching record was the fourth-ranked team. The fourth team''s record had a prefix, the prefix was Dancing Nuclear Guild, followed by the yers'' IDs: Rain Song, Ionic Spark, Excessive Reaction, Tablecloth, Ten Cats for Nine Dors, and Mo Shigui.

    Theirpletion time was 43 minutes and 21 seconds, just under a minute behind the old Mage''s youthful team.

    Jiang Qiao added this prefix feature, which would show the guild name if the entire team belonged to the same guild when an instance record waspleted.

    Dancing Nuclear Guild was considered thergest guild in Holy Spirit, with a total of... 13 members.

    Jiang Qiao guessed that this instance record definitely wasn''t the guild''s limit. Thinking about how the old Mage spent his entire life challenging the Tower of Trial record, only to be surpassed by a group of ''babies'' less than a month old, felt... amusing.

    "Dreaming in Daylight just came online. Should I invite another person?" Zhao Mingwei said as he arrived at the instance entrance of the Tower of Trial, noticing that the maximum team size was six yers.

    "You invite from your side, I''ll ask around from my side too." Jiang Qiao also opened his friends list to see if anyone wanted to join the instance.

    Jiang Qiao didn''t have many people on his friends list. He mainly asked a healer named "No Extra Charge for Healing" and an unfamiliar Swordsman he had met before.

    "My friend is here," Zhao Mingwei said. Lin Xi, controlling Dreaming in Daylight, arrived at the instance entrance via the portal, along with a heavily armored Knight.

    The Knight''s ID was Mo Shigui, one of the members of the third-ranked team on the leaderboard.

    "Haha, happy gaming... um... you''re finally online," the Gun Knight yer named Mo Shigui said, unsure how to address Zhao Mingwei when he saw Jiang Qiao nearby.

    After calling Zhao Mingwei by his ID, he pointed to the Dancing Nuclear line above his head.

    "This game just started, we''ll definitely do more instances in the future, so have your friends join my guild," Mo Shigui said.

    "I''ve already joined a guild," Zhao Mingwei said.

    "Huh?" Mo Shigui was momentarily stunned. There was no guild mark under Zhao Mingwei''s name. He thought there might be a way to hide guild names in this game, so he quickly asked, "What''s your guild''s name?"

    Zhao Mingwei didn''t answer, just looked at Jiang Qiao. At that moment, Mo Shigui, Dreaming in Daylight, and the other Dancing Nuclear yers all turned their gaze to Jiang Qiao.

    "Uh, I haven''t thought of one yet," Jiang Qiao admitted honestly. He had spent the entire morning working on the Tower of Trial instance, and now, all he could think about was starting a guild. He hadn''t even considered a name.

    "He hasn''t thought of one yet," Zhao Mingwei replied earnestly to Mo Shigui.

    "My headset''s fine, I can hear... so I''m stillte?" Mo Shigui wasn''t angry at missing out on a great yer by a bit.

    He and Zhao Mingwei were old friends of seven or eight years, so he knew Zhao Mingwei''s personality well: he always kept his word.

    There was a saying in thepetitive circle: you could always trust Zhao Mingwei.

    This saying wasn''t just because of Zhao Mingwei''s impressively consistent performance but also his straightforward personality.

    "Your message came half an hourte; I''d already agreed to join him when you sent it," Zhao Mingwei said.

    "Well, let''s change the topic. Are we doing the instance? You said your team still needs people," Mo Shigui nced at Jiang Qiao and didn''t say much. They shared an unspoken understanding that Jiang Qiao found hard to describe.

    Jiang Qiao was puzzled; the crowd of Dancing Nuclear Guild members, including Mo Shigui and the Mind Energy Master, were equally at a loss.

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    They all knew Jiang Qiao''s guild hadn''t even been established. Dancing Nuclear Guild was thergest guild in Holy Spirit, and his old friend was part of it. You''d expect any reasonably thinking yer to join Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    Lin Xi was the clearest observer, quickly private messaging Zhao Mingwei.

    "Xiao Ye! The right move now is to bring the pro into old Song''s guild!"

    "You, a Junlin Club yer, defecting to Uptown Nuclear Guild? Coach Su would make you do a hundred sets of physical training if he found out!"

    Zhao Mingwei was blunt with Lin Xi.

    "We''re ying Holy Spirit now, it has nothing to do with thepetitive scene, right?"

    "It really has nothing to do with thepetitive scene, so I can''t join old Song''s guild." This statement gave Lin Xi pause. He soon understood what old Song, or rather, Mo Shigui and Zhao Mingwei were thinking.

    Mo Shigui was now Uptown Nuclear Club''s coach and a shareholder... the club''s business wasn''t limited to just one game.

    Zhao Mingwei had a binding contract with Junlin Club, meaning if he left two years early, he wouldn''t be able to engage in anypetitive activities rted to that particr game for two years...

    Even streaming was forbidden. On top of that, Zhao Mingwei had little savings, so to Mo Shigui, the great yer in thepetitive circle was tightly bound to Junlin Club.

    But with the emergence of Holy Spirit, things were different. Lin Xi anticipated that Holy Spirit''s future poprity would rival the existing game and potentially surpass it within a year.

    By then, Zhao Mingwei''s contract with Junlin Club wouldn''t be as significant if he debuted as a professional yer in Holy Spirit.

    However, Lin Xi guessed Zhao Mingwei just wanted to enjoy the game.

    "Fine, I''ll join the pro''s guild too. What''s it called?"

    "Don''t know," Zhao Mingwei replied.

    "Pro! What''s the name of the guild you formed?" Lin Xi, seeing Zhao Mingwei being uncooperative, directly asked Jiang Qiao.

    "I haven''t formed it yet, don''t rush... let me think. After this instance," Jiang Qiao said.

    Jiang Qiao only wanted to dive into the instance, as his Water Spirit and Fire Spirit were already eagerly preparing for action.

 Chapter 33 - 33. Whatâ€™s Fun About It? (Overload Chapter 3)

    <h4>Chapter 33: 33. What¡¯s Fun About It? (Overload Chapter 3)</h4>

    Priest saw Jiang Qiao''s message and the first reply she sent was "Dungeoning, huh? Costs extra."

    "How much." Jiang Qiao was already used to this healer''s obsession with money. Though she was a miser, at least she was a highly skilled miser.

    Currently, the top of the Holy leaderboard was taken by Priest''s Holy, who was at level thirty-two.

    Holy was a regr ss change for Priests, not an advanced one. From the name, it was evident it enhanced healing and provided various strange buffs for teammates.

    "Which instance are you going to? I can''t let you pay for the whole team yourself. I''ll go and collect from each one." Priest knew that Jiang Qiao''s team was currently missing one member and it seemed like Jiang Qiao was nning to pay for the other four by himself.

    "How kind of you?"

    "Of course, we''re friends after all." Priest replied in text.

    "Do friends still need to pay to do instances together?" Jiang Qiao always assumed that this healer considered him an outsider.

    "Of course, you have to pay! But I''ll give you the friend''s discount! Cheaper rate!" Priest added an emoji of a seal raising its flipper.

    "."

    Jiang Qiao didn''t know how to respond, so he just sent a period back.

    Priest''s efficiency was top-notch. Just twenty seconds after Jiang Qiao sent her the message, she was already at the entrance of the Tower of Trial instance.

    Jiang Qiao then pulled the healer into the team.

    "For instance runs, it''s twenty silver coins per person, guarantee pass!"

    As soon as Priest joined the team, before anyone could even greet her, she announced the charge to everyone.

    Zhao Mingwei and Lin Xi exchanged nces, resigned, and immediately traded twenty silver coins to Priest.

    The other two in Jiang Qiao''s team were the live-streaming Broadsword Swordsman and Dancing Nuclear Guild''s Mo Shigui.

    Broadsword Swordsman was chatting with his followers and didn''t quite catch on when Priest mentioned payment.

    "Why do we need to pay to join a dungeon group? You think you''re..." Broadsword Swordsman looked up to see a healer in te armor asking for money, immediately digging out a bag of twenty silver coins and respectfully handing it over. "Oh, it''s Priest! Why''s it so cheap this time?"

    "You''re lucky! The team leader is my friend, so you get a half-off!" Priest epted the silver coins from Broadsword Swordsman and turned her gaze to Mo Shigui.

    Mo Shigui of course recognized the top-ranked healer but had never teamed up with Priest before.

    Dancing Nuclear Guild had healers, but none as high level as Priest. Seeing all teammates pay one by one, Mo Shigui dutifully handed over his twenty silver coins.

    "Great, we can start now!" Priest collected the money and took the lead towards the first floor of the Tower of Trial.

    Jiang Qiao could only humbly follow. Lin Xi, the gossip, sidled up to Broadsword Swordsman.

    "Hey, brother, you seem to have fallen for that healer''s tricks before?" Lin Xi whispered to Broadsword Swordsman.

    "What trick? Haven''t you run Gray Swamp much, have you? If you get Priest in front of the entrance, you can breeze through hard mode. Last time I got her, it cost even more." Broadsword Swordsman sounded thoroughly satisfied.

    Gray Swamp was the first instance in Eagle w City, and Jiang Qiao had run it multiple times. Most of his gear was from Gray Swamp.

    "..." Lin Xi met Priest around level ten, originally thought she was just a little healer, but now she was a true powerhouse.

    "Get focused, we''re entering." Zhao Mingwei reminded Lin Xi.

    The Tower of Trial''s first floor had a fusion of magic and sci-fi design, with smooth materials forming the floor and walls, withplex magical runes faintly glowing.

    The instance''s monsters primarily consisted of alchemically forged mantis-like demon puppets, about the height of a person. Their ferocious attacks could make some fragile sses question their life choices.

    Fortunately, Priest was genuinely worth every coin. Her heals were plentiful and timely, and Mo Shigui, as a Gun Knight tank, was an expert. The whole fight was extraordinarily easy.

    Ease meant the team could switch to chat mode during the instance.

    Mo Shigui, as the leader, started the chit-chat. About twenty minutes into the instance, with a pile of mantis corpses on the ground, he asked an odd question.

    "So, why did you guys start ying this game?" Mo Shigui raised his shield to block a mantis demon puppet''s sharp sickles and loudly asked the group.

    "Why ask that?"

    Lin Xi, with his left hand, crafted a focused methrower and aimed at the mantis demon puppet mocked by Mo Shigui. The scorching mes engulfed its body, damage numbers of -70, -78, and -52 popping up continuously.

    "Market research." Mo Shigui said.

    "Research? Are you an official staff of Holy?"

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    Broadsword Swordsman performed a Hard Strike from the air, shattering the charred exoskeleton of the mantis. The core was pierced by his de, and the puppet copsed.

    A pile of mantis demon puppets alreadyy around. Broadsword Swordsman jumped off one body and rushed to Mo Shigui.

    "Brother! Do you sell activation codes? I''ll pay thirty thousand!" Broadsword Swordsman was more excited than if he had found a piece of rare equipment.

    "I''m not a staff member of Holy, just conducting some market research." Mo Shigui gently pushed off the hands Broadsword Swordsman ced on his shoulders.

    "What''s the point if you''re not official?" Broadsword Swordsman was puzzled.

    "If this game bes popr, it benefits not just the game''s officials but us yers too. I asked friends who y Holy, and they''ve beenpletely immersed sinceunch. There''s no advertising, story CG, I don''t even know thepany behind it. Yet, my friends have logged nearly a hundred hours. What do you think makes this game fun?" Mo Shigui said while pressing his shield against another mantis puppet.

    Jiang Qiao didn''t speak, just listened intently.

    Everyone agreed with Mo Shigui that the sess of Holy would benefit both the officials and the yers.

    The most direct proof was that Broadsword Swordsman''s streams of Holy had doubled his usual viewership, and Priest must have made a fortune in Holy recently.

    Currently, Holy''s Gold Coin price was the highest among all VR games.

    "It feels more real than Disputes? Thebat system is the best I''ve seen. What do you call it again? Impact! Yes, the impact is awesome, and the skills are cool. Anyone yed a Swordsman? Dual-wielding, de Draw feels amazing." Broadsword Swordsman rambled on, getting more excited, demonstrating by approaching two patrolling mantis puppets.

    The sword arc of his de glinted, leaving visible sh marks on the mantis puppets'' armor with sparks flying.

    "The monsters you pulled are bosses! Two of them!" Lin Xi saw two full boss health bars on his system interface, realizing the mess Broadsword Swordsman made.

    "We can handle it! Maintain formation!" Mo Shigui returned to leading the team, stepping back to Zhao Mingwei and whispering, "What about you?"

    "Gear, levels, experience, arena rank. Do you need more reasons to like a game?"

    Zhao Mingwei charged at a distant mantis boss, his roar echoed with the release of his Charged Thought Cannon!

 Chapter 34: The Sage Online

    Chapter 34: Chapter 34: The Sage Online

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Finally, Jiang Qiao¡¯s team¡¯s instance record was forty-eight minutes and twenty-one seconds, temporarily ranking fifth in the first-tier instance record.

    This was thanks to the impressive BUFF effect of ¡°Flexible Healing¡± and Mo Shigui¡¯smand.

    Following thispletion rhythm, Jiang Qiao spent an entire night at the first level of the Tower of Trial, leveling up from twenty-eight to thirty.

    It wasn¡¯t until six in the morning when Mo Shigui ended the instance journey with the excuse, ¡°I can¡¯t hold on any longer, I need to sleep.¡±

    Jiang Qiao did not continue to explore the first level of the Tower of Trial with Zhao Mingwei and his team but chose to return to the Astrologer¡¯s Tower with Hai Lan.

    During his interaction with these five professional-level online game yers, Jiang Qiao discovered a significant w in the Holy Spirit.

    This w was that the Holy Spiritcked a main storyline that could engage yers deeply.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that as long as we provide those yers with equipment and rewards, they would do the work for us?¡±

    Hai Lan quickly learned new vocabry. She was very happy all day because the energy of the Tower of Trial was being continuously consumed by her as yers invaded.

    Now, every second, Hai Lan received a bit of energy. From yesterday afternoon until six this morning, with the yers¡¯ joint effort, the Holy Spirit yer server limit expanded by an additional four hundred people, reaching a total of 1,532 yers. Even at six in the morning, the server had about 1,200 concurrent users.

    ¡°It¡¯s different. A good online game requires a proper storyline, importantly, it should give yers a sense of belonging and honor,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    Jiang Qiao believed that Earth¡¯s ¡°World of Warcraft¡± did this best. Even yearster, yers from the Horde and Alliance would still sh upon meeting ¨C the best proof of this.

    ¡°I know how to solve the honor part! Just make them worship me,¡± Hai Lan said proudly, puffing out her chest. She knew the way to control someone was to make them believers.

    ¡°yers won¡¯t worship a goddess who constantly craves crayfish. Even if it¡¯s hamburgers instead of crayfish, it¡¯s the same,¡± Jiang Qiao said, manifesting a Magic Power bread with his left hand and habitually stuffing it into Hai Lan¡¯s mouth.

    ¡°Mm? Mm!¡± Hai Lan swallowed the bread and was about to say something when Jiang Qiao opened a web browsing tool.

    Jiang Qiao logged into a forum called yer Community, thergest yer forum in Huaguo, no exception¡­

    The forum had many game sections. After browsing for a while and not seeing one rted to Holy Spirit, Jiang Qiao clicked into the VR Online Games discussion section.

    Right on the first page of this section, Jiang Qiao saw the post he wanted. The post was titled, ¡°What exactly is the story of the recently highly popr VR game ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯?¡± The poster¡¯s ID was Starry Scribe Team.

    ¡°Holy Spirit schrs appeared so soon? Let¡¯s see¡­¡±

    Jiang Qiao clicked into the post. The content was so abundant that it surprised him a little.

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s me again. I¡¯m Starry¡­ Today is still a day of analyzing the plots of major games. Today, I will analyze the plot of the recently trending VR game ¡®Holy Spirit.¡¯ The testing qualification for this game is currently very rare. I, Starry, luckily got one during the first beta, yed for about ten days, and found the game¡¯s plot to be increasingly horrifying upon detailed consideration.

    First, the world view of Holy Spirit. It¡¯s possibly a post-apocalyptic world, meaning a world that¡¯s been destroyed. As for why there are so many grand buildings in good condition, it¡¯s because the destruction of the Holy Spirit world was not physical but rather on a ruleyer.

    The most direct proof is a few lines of dialogue from the City Lord NPC, King Mesiel of Lionheart City.¡±

    At this point, the poster had attached three game screenshots. The screenshots disyed the dialogue of Lionheart City¡¯s King with subtitles, and Jiang Qiao continued reading.

    ¡°The dialogues are: ¡®I haven¡¯t seen a new face in a long time, ah¡­ how long has it been? In this world, no one is born, and no one dies. Everything is in endless repetition at a single time point.¡¯

    ¡®I don¡¯t know how many years ago we had many countries in our world, but since the catastrophe struck and shattered the world, everyone became lonely. Holy Spirit, are you lonely?¡¯

    ¡®Holy Spirit, under the guidance of the Sea Blue Goddess, please release us from this infinite loop.¡¯

    These are the NPC¡¯s lines, further exining why monsters can respawn, NPCs repeat the same actions daily, and another terrifying point is the Guardian Spirit in the Resurrection Cathedral, Fureya.

    There¡¯s another picture. This picture is of a young girl standing under the sunlight in the cathedral, her eyebrows and demeanor remarkably simr to Hai Lan.

    This NPC is familiar to all Holy Spirit yers because when yers die in the wild without a Priest to run the corpse, they resurrect in the Resurrection Cathedral.

    And the first thing yers see upon waking up is this Guardian Spirit.

    ¡®The Guardian Spirit is designed as a doll, a duplicate of the Sea Blue Goddess made by NPCs in the Holy Spirit world who worship the Sea Blue Goddess. This aside, I will refer to the Guardian Spirit as the doll girl. She is the prettiest NPC I¡¯ve met in the game, yet here¡¯s the scary part ¨C the doll girl knows you¡¯re from Blue Star! She also knows you¡¯re a yer. Here¡¯s the evidence!¡¯

    More NPC dialogue screenshots appeared.

    ¡®The dialogues are: ¡°Ah, kind Holy Spirit, do you feel any difference between this world and your original world?¡±

    ¡°Holy Spirit, the Sea Blue Goddess told me¡­ your world is very prosperous. What kind of world is it?¡±

    ¡°Kind Holy Spirit, thank you for your contribution to this fragmented world. But I feel an evil force approaching your world. To prevent disaster from reurring, please be stronger¡­¡±¡®

    See? The doll girl not only knows you¡¯re from Blue Star but also predicts that our world may face a huge crisis.

    Jiang Qiao paused reading because the post seemed iplete, perhaps the poster, Starry Scribe Team, was still editing, but there were already dozens of replies below.

    ¡°Our world is going to be destroyed too? How can a VR game destroy the real world? By aputer virus?¡± Replier: Lost Wanderer.

    ¡°You don¡¯t say! Not long ago, I participated in a Holy Spirit Abyss Hunt event. The game map replicated the food street of Jiangcheng. A huge wave of orcs rushed in, wrecking the food street! If it weren¡¯t in the game, I¡¯d think it was real. Immersiveness exploded!¡± Replier: Short Dagger and Shield.

    ¡°I don¡¯t want to hear anything now! Just want to chat with the doll girl! Holy Spirit officials, please open registration!¡± Replier: Wozki.

    Jiang Qiao nced at Hai Lan beside him, who was munching on bread¡­

    Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya¡¯s character setting struck a chord with countless yers, and Jiang Qiao felt that Miss Fureya¡¯s charm was potent enough to outshine a hundred of her Sea Blue Goddess originals.

    The delicate and weak persona, along with that gentle voice like a luby¡­ enough to arouse a protective desire among thousands of yers.

    At this moment, Jiang Qiao realized the terrifying potential of his Creator state.

    The world view of the Holy Spirit perfectly matched reality. No, it should be said, the world view was reality.

    And what¡¯s the most immersive way for yers? That¡¯s to let yers y themselves, not the mundane self in reality but the self empowered with extraordinary strength.

    Starry Scribe Team, the post creator, seemed to notice yers¡¯ enthusiasm for the doll girl from the replies, so they began to dig further into her dialogues.

    ¡®Another major discovery! The doll girl can chat with you! She knows about burgers and c and asks about your real-life!¡¯

    Here are the screenshots: ¡°University? Is that what your world calls schools? Kind Holy Spirit, if you feel tired from studying, please rx in this world.¡±

    ¡°Your world may be so ordinary, unnoticed by anyone, but here¡­ Kind Holy Spirit, you are my hero, a powerful hero, please save us.¡±

    Jiang Qiao did not need to see thements; just thest line was enough to tug at countless yers¡¯ hearts, making themmit wholeheartedly¡­ to work.

    A minuteter, Jiang Qiao refreshed the post, and as anticipated, the replies had exploded.

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    ¡°Let me in! The strongest sword and shield yer in Conflict Zone 1 is going to save the Holy Spirit World!¡± Replier: Wild God Sacrifice.

    ¡°I now unterally dere that the doll girl is my wife!¡± Replier: Aquatic Behemoth.

    ¡°What are you talking about up there? Have you asked for my opinion as one of the top ten shield warriors on the Holy Spirit leaderboard?¡± Replier: Thousand Sins.

    ncing at the replies, Jiang Qiao felt they were on the verge of quarreling and really wanted to reply¡­ Don¡¯t worry, if you join the game, everyone gets a wife.

    Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya was a very special NPC, akin to a yer¡¯s small assistant. Each yer would have a clone, filled with preset dialogues.

    Jiang Qiao hadn¡¯t expected her to cause such a stir in the gaming forum. The post had over a thousand replies and was viral.

    Look at the doll girl¡¯s poprity, then back at the actual Sea Blue Goddess near Jiang Qiao.

    ¡°What is it?¡± Hai Lan had a chocte stick in her mouth, and Jiang Qiao had nced at her with a ¡°hate iron for not bing steel¡± expression twice.

    ¡°Sigh¡­¡± Jiang Qiao sighed and refreshed the post again.

    The post had more than seven hundred replies. At that moment, he saw another update from Starry Scribe Team.

    ¡®Another terrifying setting about the doll girl! I have been analyzing the plot for almost seven days without properly leveling up! Just now, the doll girl¡¯s body became very weak, coughing and unable to stand¡­ I asked, and she said her poweres from our Holy Spirit¡¯s power, meaning if we don¡¯t level up or upgrade for a long time, the doll girl might die from exhaustion!¡¯

    ¡°Too ruthless.¡± Jiang Qiao knew this was a setting he created in the Creator mode but couldn¡¯t help but exim.

    Once this news came out, the replies to the post undoubtedly broke a thousand. One of them, ¡°Please, officials, give me an activation qualification, my doll girl¡­ she¡¯s dying,¡± even had more than five hundred likes and was still increasing.

    ¡°Holy Spirit is truly on fire now,¡± Jiang Qiao said softly.

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    PS: Today¡¯s extra two chapters are actually for tomorrow. To consider the reading experience of readers following the updates, they are released earlier_(:§Ù¡¹¡Ï)_, during the new book period, I can¡¯t release too many at once, but there will be no limit after going live.

 Chapter 35 - 35 Strategy

    Chapter 35: Chapter 35 Strategy

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    In the yermunity forum, Holy Spirit had be popr, but what Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t expect was that it wasn¡¯t the game itself that was popr, but a not-so-important female NPC in the game.

    Now, more than half of the posts in the forum¡¯s VR game section were discussing this doll girl NPC.

    The post initially made by the Starry Night Schrs team already had over twelve hundred replies. This verification enthusiast yer didn¡¯t do any research, instead, they delved into some storylines rted to the doll girl or used some items to tease the doll girl.

    If Holy Spirit yers weren¡¯t punished and warned for doing anything excessive to NPCs, this group of guys might have turned Holy Spirit into an 18+ game.

    The rapidly increasing poprity of Holy Spirit made the yermunity administrators have to create a new dedicated section for Holy Spirit.

    Jiang Qiao spent the entire night reading posts in the Holy Spirit section, carefully going through every water post,int, or strategy post from the yers.

    These were the most direct feedback from yers to the officials, and Jiang Qiao could also figure out what needed to be improved in Holy Spirit at the moment.

    Most of theints still focused on the scarcity of activation qualifications, making it impossible to enter the server, but gradually, more and more strategy posts began to appear in the Holy Spirit section.

    One such post was published at eight o¡¯clock in the morning, and the editor¡¯s ID was Rain Song.

    The title of the post was ¡°[Dancing Nuclear Guild¡¯s Original Release] The Fastest Way to Obtain Fairy Wardrobe Costumes and Exchange Items in the New Holy Spirit Instance Event.¡±

    Jiang Qiao hadn¡¯t read the content of the post yet but directly scrolled down to check thements. The yers in the forum were very familiar with both the Dancing Nuclear Guild and the editor of this post.

    ¡°Rain Song personally posted? Is the Dancing Nuclear team entering Holy Spirit?¡± Replied by: Community Warmer.

    ¡°Is the Dancing Nuclear Guild in Holy Spirit recruiting?¡± Replied by: Shoce-Tying Priest.

    Dancing Nuclear Guild was one of thergest yer guilds in Huaguo, with guild organizations spread across all VR games. Meanwhile, Dancing Nuclear also had a specialized eSports club that performed exceptionally well in the Conflict project. However, due to personnel changes this year, they didn¡¯t make it to the Conflict World Championship.

    But the poprity and fanbase of the Upper City Nuclear team still ranked at the top in Huaguo, making the fans and fame of the Dancing Nuclear Guild very significant in the yer circles.

    It was quitemon in the yermunity for the fame of professional teams to extend to online game guilds. There were roughly seven or eight guilds in Huaguo with their own professional teams, among which the most popr were the Overlord Guild and the Dancing Nuclear Guild, along with another guild called Abyss Temple. Their Conflict professional team was top-tier in terms of poprity in Huaguo.

    Abyss Temple Guild sounded a bit pretentious, but the strength of its Conflict professional team even surpassed that of the Overlord team, and the Abyss team was humorously referred to as a ¡°dark force¡± by yers.

    Now that the Dancing Nuclear Guild had released this strategy post rted to Holy Spirit, and it was posted by an experienced member, Rain Song, this undoubtedly gave yers a lot of room for imagination.

    Firstly, the Dancing Nuclear Guild would definitely enter the Holy Spirit game. Secondly, it was equivalent to issuing a challenge to otherpeting guilds.

    A new game with potential was very important for attracting fresh blood to the clubs. Once other guilds saw the potential of Holy Spirit, they would definitely not remain indifferent.

    Jiang Qiao quickly skimmed through the replies under this strategy post and then directly focused on the content of the post.

    The content of the post provided a detailed analysis of the equipment exchange mechanism with the fairy merchant Razr, including that magic stones could be obtained by dismantling Tower of Trial equipment, and they could also drop from the small monsters in the Tower of Trial.

    However, the efficiency of using these two methods to obtain magic stones was very slow. It would take at least a week of grinding to exchange for one costume, and the rarest rainbow unicorn headpiece in the Fairy Wardrobe would take half a month of grinding, even with good luck.

    Thus, the main focus of Rain Song¡¯s post was on obtaining additional magic stones by epting tasks from NPCs outside the Tower of Trial or directly extorting those NPCs.

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    ¡°This day came really fast.¡± Jiang Qiao had long expected that yers would do this kind of thing. The ¡°NPCs outside the Tower of Trial¡± mentioned by Rain Song were not the NPCs ced by Jiang Qiao but residents originally from the Tower of Trial.

    Jiang Qiao read this part in detail, wanting to see how Rain Songmunicated with the original residents of the Tower of Trial.

    ¡°Every now and then, one to ten NPCs will respawn outside the Tower of Trial without any set pattern. The NPCs themselves are not fixed, and neither are their identities. But they all have one goal: to challenge the Tower of Trial. By clearing the Tower of Trial, they hope to achieve higher rankings.

    We can try to negotiate with these NPCs. They will offer a certain magic stone price to join our team. Some poorly equipped NPCs only need to clear the Tower of Trial, while a small number of rare NPCs require their names to be on the ranking stele. The magic stone rewards for both sides are not fixed, and the system will not provide detailed data. The higher the attributes of the NPC¡¯s eloquence and charisma, the higher the hiring price they offer. Additionally, be aware that some of these NPCs might be swindlers who can back out, so don¡¯t trust them easily.¡±

    Jiang Qiao felt no emotional stir from reading this description. yers did not have any feelings about the ¡°high intelligence¡± of the residents since NPCs in Holy Spirit were designed to act like real people. The extensive preset dialogues made yers ustomed to NPCs performing like real-life actors.

    Moreover, the attributes of eloquence and charisma were not limited to Holy Spirit¡¯s NPCs. These attributes were also useful in real life, somewhat simr to the charm of subi, which could make people subconsciously feel favorable.

    ¡°They¡¯ve gotten into it.¡± Jiang Qiao nced at a few screenshots attached by Rain Song. The screenshots showed the residents of the Tower of Trial, either looking conflicted or worshipful, handing over a bag of magic stones to the yers. They appeared very confused facing this sudden group of strangers.

    ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Hai Lan had been watching from the side all along, but this part of the strategy post confused her.

    ¡°A new event. I should also start a guild and join in on the fun.¡± Jiang Qiao, as a yer of Holy Spirit, did not intend to miss out on such an interesting event.

    The most critical aspect was that the event ¡°Assisting the original residents of another world to clear the Tower of Trial¡± was not arranged by Jiang Qiao himself.

    ¡°Have you thought of a guild name?¡± Hai Lan¡¯s expectant tone made it clear she hoped Jiang Qiao would name it Sea Blue Divine Sect.

    ¡°The Nameless, since I can¡¯t think of a name, then it will have no name. At this stage, I n to develop as an entertainment guild.¡± Jiang Qiao yed Holy Spirit not to fight against anyone but simply to enjoy the game¡¯s fun, even though he created the game himself. And now, since an unnned ¡°system event¡± had appeared in Holy Spirit, Jiang Qiao felt it was very necessary to join in on the excitement.

 Chapter 36 - 36 Hot-Tempered Bro

    Chapter 36: Chapter 36 Hot-Tempered Bro

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Segman had been livingfortably these past few days. As the prince of the Flowing Water Country, he broke the fastest record for the firstyer of the Tower of Trial two days ago. This record was known among yers as a clearance record, but to the natives of this world, it was an extremely sacred honor, referred to as a holy record.

    This news had already spread to all the other countries in his world. Now, Segman was a great hero of the Flowing Water Country and the entire world, the most talented and powerful young genius under the age of thirty.

    This was indisputable, and the Flowing Water Country had celebrated this event for a whole two days.

    Segman basked in joy for two entire days until one of his servants hurriedly came to him with bad news.

    That being¡­

    ¡°Prince Segman! The holy record for the second ranking of the firstyer of the Tower of Trial has been broken! It¡¯s the holy record set by your mentor, Pru!¡± The servant¡¯s voice sounded fearful.

    ¡°Who?¡±

    Upon hearing this news, Segman knocked over all the bottles of wine around him. After casting a rity Technique on himself, he quickly sobered up from his drunken state.

    ¡°This¡­ this¡­¡± The servant hesitated, seemingly struggling with whether or not to speak the truth.

    ¡°Quickly, tell me who it is! The brutes from the Dark me Country or the clowns from the Thunder Country? Give me their exact names! Who is it?¡±

    Segman valued this information highly, as the second ce holy record was set by his mentor in his prime. Segman broke it with the assistance of over twenty sacred artifacts and some little-known clearing techniques.

    He knew people from other countries wouldn¡¯t sit idly by! Breaking the second holy record was a threat to him.

    ¡°Your Highness, this¡­ I¡­¡±

    ¡°Speak! Everyone who creates a holy record has their name inscribed on the Honor Stele! Youe to report this and don¡¯t even remember the name? Speak quickly!¡± Segman hoped to hear the names of some of his old rivals so he could prepare a response.

    ¡°The name of the creator of the second ce holy record for the firstyer is¡­ Tonight Your Mom Dies, ck Pot Cooked Meat, Furry Rabbit, Rain Song, Mo Shigui, and Dog Barking Mama,¡± the servant said with a trembling voice, informing Prince Segman of the names listed on the Honor Stele in second ce.

    ¡°What did you say?¡± Prince Segman questioned whether his rity Technique was malfunctioning, still not fully sober himself. But what the servant said didn¡¯t sound like names; instead, it seemed like insults to him and his mother.

    ¡°These are the names that appeared on the Honor Stele,¡± the servant said anxiously.

    ¡°What? Say them again,¡± Segman demanded. He insisted on hearing the names directly from the servant¡¯s mouth, his expression warning that failing to convey the message clearly could be life-threatening.

    ¡°This¡­ this¡­ the second name on the Honor Stele for the firstyer is Tonight Your Mom Dies.¡±

    ¡°What did you say?¡±

    ¡°Tonight Your Mom Dies,¡± the servant felt his brain getting tense beyond control, and so was his mouth.

    ¡°Say it one more time!¡±

    ¡°Your Mom Dies.¡±

    ¡°Are you insulting me?¡± Prince Segman finally realized, ¡°You¡¯re not just insulting me! You¡¯re also insulting my mother?¡±

    ¡°Your¡­ Your Highness! I dare not! The name on the Honor Stele is indeed this,¡± the servant panicked, falling to his knees with his forehead touching the ground, his whole body trembling.

    ¡°Listen up! Insulting the royal family is a grievous crime that can get you executed! I don¡¯t know which country¡¯s prince sent you to humiliate me, but you have onest chance to truthfully report the names on the Honor Stele, starting from thest name in second ce!¡± Segman said each word with a tone already tinged with murderous intent.

    ¡°Thest one, thest one¡­¡± The servant¡¯s brain was about to seize up. In his panic, he nced at the list in his hand, not thinking, and blurted out, ¡°Dog Barking?¡±

    ¡°Guards! Bring me a sword!¡±

    Segman could no longer tolerate it. A nearby knight handed him a Longsword, and Segman decided to execute the insubordinate servant on the spot.

    ¡°Your Highness! These really are the names that just appeared on the Honor Stele,¡± the servant wailed in nearly despair.

    Just as Segman was about to draw the sword to execute the servant, his mentor, the old Mage Pru, hurriedly arrived.

    ¡°Prince Segman, Prince Segman! Your servant speaks the truth,¡± the old Mage said.

    ¡°What truth?¡± Segman did not understand what the old Mage meant.

    ¡°In the past two days, many new adventurers have appeared in the realm of the Tower of Trial. The records on the Honor Stele for the firstyer have been continuously refreshed, with some inexplicable names showing up,¡± the old Mage quickly exined.

    ¡°Inexplicable names? Mentor, the Tower of Trial only records everyone¡¯s true names; no one in the world would choose such names.¡±

    Segman referred to names like ¡®Tonight Your Mom Dies.¡¯

    ¡°Maybe there really are people, and more than one,¡± the old Mage smoothed his beard and motioned Segman to follow him, saying, ¡°The area outside the Tower of Trial has be very lively, almost like a marketce now.¡±

    ¡°A marketce? We have a limited time to enter the realm of the Tower of Trial! Who would be bored enough to set up a shop there?¡±

    Segman heard this and stopped arguing with his mentor. He followed him out of the room directly, leaving the servant who delivered the news copsed on the ground.

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    They directly transported through the illusion gate to the ne where the Tower of Trial stood.

    In just two days, the scene before Segman lookedpletely different. Wherever his eyes could see, there were human figures dressed in various strange attires. Segman could vaguely identify that one or two were dressed like Mages.

    He even saw someone with a horse¡¯s head jumping around.

    What is this? Had the portal to the Tower of Trial been discovered by a group of lunatics?

    Segman had no mood to think further. He and his mentor walked with darkened faces to the Honor Stele of the Tower of Trial.

    The name of the first-ranked record of the firstyer still belonged to him and hisrades. This brought Segman a slight relief as the second ce was still a full two minutes behind.

    Don¡¯t underestimate these two minutes. His mentor Pru¡¯s former top-ranked holy record stood unchallenged for twenty years until he was born and came of age.

    Segman expected his newly set holy record tost for decades, perhaps forever, for his descendants to admire.

    This wish could have been fulfilled¡­ until strange names began appearing on the Honor Stele. Segman felt threatened.

    ¡°What¡¯s with these strange names?¡± Segman looked closely at the names in second ce on the Honor Stele. The servant was indeed right; the second-ranked team¡¯s leading name was ¡®Tonight Your Mom Dies.¡¯

    ¡°I¡­ can¡¯t exin,¡± the old Mage shook his head with a puzzled look.

    Just as he wanted to find out where these bizarre people came from, a devastating announcement struck the ears of both the old Mage and Segman.

    ¡®Congrattions to Mo Shigui, Rain Song, Furry Rabbit, Tonight Your Mom Dies, Dog Barking Mama, and Hilze¡¯er Wicetone for breaking the Tower of Trial¡¯s Steel Insect Nest speedrun record with a time of thirty-eight minutes and thirty-two seconds, currently ranked first!¡¯

    ¡°This voice¡­ wait, has my holy record been broken?¡± Segman had never heard this strange female voice before. She wasn¡¯t even speaking theirnguage, yet he understood it perfectly.

    In the past, breaking a holy record would be reflected only on the stele. But now, his focus was on his previously held top record being broken!

    As Segman watched his name being erased from first ce on the Honor Stele, those bizarre names pushing him to second, he widened his eyes, a mix of shock and fury enveloping him, especially when he saw the familiar name, Hilze¡¯er¡­

    Hilze¡¯er was the prince of the Dark me Country, his absolute arch-enemy.

 Chapter 37: Charm and Eloquence

    Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Charm and Eloquence

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Segman, not letting his anger get the best of him, turned his gaze away from the strangely dressed humans and looked towards the entrance of the Tower of Trial.

    At the entrance of the Tower of Trial, he found the figure of Prince Hilze¡¯er from the Dark me Country. Hilze¡¯er¡¯s physique was so bloated that he might start panting after just a few steps.

    What made Segman grit his teeth in hatred was that this obese prince¡¯s magic talent far surpassed his own.

    Segman and his mentor hid in a corner, observing secretly. Around Hilze¡¯er were five rtively reliable-looking adventurers, mercenaries?

    He couldn¡¯t confirm who those five people were, or rather which strange group had suddenly appeared in the Tower of Trial, so Segman temporarily identified them as adventurers.

    The prince of the Dark me Country kept wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, saying something gratefully to the five adventurers before his figure turned into light and disappeared into the Tower of Trial.

    ¡°It¡¯s an employer-employee rtionship,¡± Segman immediately deduced that the five adventurers were not citizens of the Dark me Country, but more like mercenaries.

    ¡°Your Highness, I think it¡¯s necessary to speak with them,¡± suggested the old mage.

    ¡°I understand.¡±

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    Segman walked straight toward the five adventurers. What puzzled him was that the five adventurers had no defensive mindset, chatting andughing with each other,pletely unaware that they were in a dangerous wild area.

    ¡°If the president didn¡¯t bring that NPC with zero agility, our record could be faster by a few minutes, right?¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s just research a new strategy. Also, gathering the six-piece fashion set early helps with the dungeon runs.¡±

    As the five members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild were discussing their next move, Segman had alreadye before them.

    The attire of the five people from the Dancing Nuclear Guild was something Segman could somewhat ept; at least none of them were wearing fashion items. Segman could barely distinguish their roles from their attire.

    A priest¡¯s outfit, two mages¡¯ outfits, and two dressed like warriors¡­ or mercenaries?

    Segman could feel a powerful magical aura from the five of them, at least not weaker than his.

    ¡°Greetings, everyone,¡± Segman tidied up his appearance and approached the five adventurers to speak to them.

    When the five members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild turned their gaze to Segman, a shield warrior named Mamayougou was about to step forward and say something to Segman, but was stopped by Mo Shigui.

    ¡°Another new quest. Who among you has the highest charm and oratory skill?¡± Mo Shigui asked the other team members.

    ¡°Captain Heiguo has the highest charm and oratory skills,¡± one team member said.

    ¡°I know! Heiguo isn¡¯t online right now. What about the others? Report your charm and oratory skills to me.¡±

    Mo Shigui¡¯s raiding party was iplete today. Abat mage named Heiguo Zhuru wasn¡¯t online. His oratory and charm skills were the highest in the entire Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    Mo Shigui assumed there would only be one random NPC quest per day, but it seemed that the mechanism wasn¡¯t as he had guessed.

    ¡°I have minus three charm points, so I won¡¯t report,¡± said the elemental mage with the ID ¡°Your Mom Will Die Tonight.¡±

    ¡°How did you get minus three points? Five charm, seven oratory. What about you, Rain Song?¡± The shield warrior ridiculed the elemental mage while asking the others.

    ¡°Seven, three,¡± Rain Song said simply.

    ¡°Look, with Heiguo gone, I¡¯m the most charming one here! Twenty charm, twenty-one oratory, president, I¡¯ll go!¡±

    Fluffy Rabbit raised his hand and waved it at Mo Shigui. The ss he yed was the Holy, a priest ss upgrade. There was nothing wrong with the ss itself. The issue was that he yed a female character, while in reality, he was a male yer, making his character a ¡®trap¡¯¡­

    Being a ¡®trap¡¯ was one thing, but the Tian Gong Game tform¡¯s voice changer made it clear: ¡°never fall in love online in VR games! Never!¡±

    ¡°Brother, go ahead,¡± Mo Shigui made a gesture of invitation, and Fluffy Rabbit hopped towards Segman.

    Segman, listening to their discussion, didn¡¯t understand what they were saying. Even if he did understand, he couldn¡¯t figure out what the numbers meant.

    But when Fluffy Rabbit, the Holy, approached him, even the prince of the Flowing Water Country, who had seen countless beauties, was taken aback by her stunning appearance and aura.

    Charm is the hardest attribute to enhance in Holy. It cannot be increased through leveling up, only bypleting hidden tasks or obtaining certain equipment that boosts charm.

    Another factor making charm hard to boost is that it can decrease due to some tasks or yer actions.

    Currently, most yers have a charm value between three to five points, which is considered normal. Fluffy Rabbit¡¯s twenty charm points were forcefully increased by a special item called the ¡®Goddess Jade Hairpin.¡¯

    Five points is considered normal, ten points is attractive, fifteen points is exceptionally beautiful, twenty points just meets the threshold for ¡°drop-dead gorgeous,¡± and twenty-five points is the standard for ¡°breathtakingly beautiful.¡±

    Charm is useless to yers but invaluable whenmunicating with NPCs. Oratory skills determine whether you can persuade the NPC, but charm determines whether the NPC is willing to talk to you.

    Seeing Segman seemingly pleased to chat with Fluffy Rabbit, even inviting her for a long, thorough conversation, he brightened up.

    ¡°Do you need something from us?¡±

    Having yed Holy for thirteen days, Fluffy Rabbit was used tomunicating with NPCs.

    ¡°I have amission for you,¡± Segman couldn¡¯t help but sigh, thinking beautiful girls are true treasures of the world. His anger at having his record broken was soothed by Fluffy Rabbit¡¯s soft voice.

    ¡°Amission? What kind ofmission?¡± Fluffy Rabbit asked.

    Segman¡¯s line was the standard NPC opening, with no plot description, directly giving out the task.

    ¡°Ahem¡­¡± Segman cleared his throat, barely snapping out of the daze from Fluffy Rabbit¡¯s beauty to discuss serious matters.

    ¡°I hope you can help me break the Holy Record on the first floor of the Glory Stone,¡± Segman¡¯smission was a probe to test these people, and Fluffy Rabbit¡¯s presence made him consider recruiting them.

    Their strange behavior aside, breaking the Holy Record on the first floor of the Tower of Trial proved their strength.

    When Segman said this, a dialogue window popped up in front of Fluffy Rabbit.

    Five preset options appeared below the window.

    1. Agree (high chance of reward, Segman¡¯s favorability increases by 30)

    2. Negotiate (increases reward, 20%-40% chance of failure¡ª oratory skill and charm attribute bonus)

    3. Ask reason (requires 15-18 charm points)

    4. Refuse (Segman¡¯s favorability decreases by 50)

    5. Ignore (Segman¡¯s favorability decreases by 30)

    These options provided a vague direction for the conversation. Fluffy Rabbit didn¡¯t have to follow them strictly in answering¡­

    ¡°I want to know what benefits we¡¯ll get if we ept your condition,¡± Fluffy Rabbit chose the second option, seeking to know the rewards for this task.

 Chapter 38: The Effect of Charm

    Chapter 38: Chapter 38: The Effect of Charm

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    Benefits?

    Segman, upon hearing the plush rabbit¡¯s answer, once again looked at the adventurers behind him.

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    Actually, Segman preferred to call them mercenaries. Segman didn¡¯t know where these powerful mercenaries came from, but the fact that they could help the prince of the Dark me Country clear the level indicated they were hired.

    ¡°I can offer you a reward that will satisfy you, money, powerful magic items, name your price.¡±

    Segman spoke with absolute confidence. After all, he was the prince of the Flowing Water Country, one of the richest individuals in the Four Great Empires. He nevercked money, and he had countless pieces of magic equipment that could entice these mercenaries.

    As soon as Segman finished speaking, a new window popped up in front of the plush rabbit, disying a quest log.

    ¡®Otherworld Quest: Tower of Trial Fastest Holy Record

    Description: The eldest prince of the Flowing Water Country, Segman, hopes you can help him clear the first floor of the Tower of Trial and set a new holy record.

    Quest Objective: Break the fastest holy record ranking.

    Reward: You will receive arge amount of Flowing Water Country gold coins and multiple pieces of equipment. More quest rewards can be obtained through conversation skills.¡¯

    In the reward section of the quest description, the terms ¡®Flowing Water Country gold coins¡¯ and ¡®multiple pieces of equipment¡¯ were highlighted in blue, indicating that detailed information about these items could be looked up.

    The plush rabbit did just that. He reached out and clicked on these terms with his slender, fair fingers, and the properties of the two items immediately popped up in front of him.

    First, the Flowing Water Country gold coins.

    Flowing Water Country Gold Coin

    Other Item

    Description: Currency from an Otherworld country, with low gold content and almost zero magic power, having no value in the world of the Holy Spirit. Can be smelted to obtain a very small amount of gold ingot raw material.

    Effect: None.

    Item Value: 0.

    This string of item descriptions essentially told the plush rabbit that no matter how many of these gold coins there were, they were just a bunch of scrap iron. Even if he took them to a shop, they wouldn¡¯t sell for anything, at most, to be used by cksmiths or simr life-skill yers to increase their skill proficiency.

    As for the reward of multiple pieces of equipment, it also made the plush rabbit yawn.

    The equipment Segman could provide was mostly magic equipment, but in the eyes of Holy Spirit yers, magic equipment was just blue gear.

    The plush rabbit was nearly collecting a full set of purple gear, and the Prayer Talisman in his hand was orange gear. This was his level-thirty equipment, and he was sure to need a new set for further progress.

    ¡°Mr. Segman, the reward we hope for is this.¡± The plush rabbit took out a magic stone previously given by the prince of the Dark me Country and showed it to Segman¡­

    The plush rabbit was the kind of yer very dedicated to role-ying, which is why he specifically used a voice changer when ying a female character, and his voice even began to grow coquettish.

    ¡°Magic stone? How many do you want?¡± Segman recognized the stone in the plush rabbit¡¯s hand.

    This kind of faintly glowing magic stone was a raw material for making magic wands in their world, sometimes even used by some mages as magic potions, though the impurities in magic stones made them hard for mages to absorb.

    ¡°This¡­ I need to think about it.¡± The plush rabbit thought it must be his charm and eloquence at work. It was his first time encountering such an agreeable NPC.

    ¡°Rabbit, my rm rang. It¡¯s now nine o¡¯clock!¡±

    Just then, the voice of Mamayou, a team member who had been listening in, notified the entire team of a worse-than-wiping out news.

    ¡°What? Nine o¡¯clock already? Gah, damn it, why didn¡¯t my rm ring?¡± The plush rabbit was the first to scream. His scream even distorted the voice changer, shattering the gentle aura covered by the Holy Light with those foul words.

    ¡°It¡¯s nine o¡¯clock, log off.¡± Rain Song nced at Mo Shigui, who had already vanished beside him, and the system notification popped up: ¡®Your friend Mo Shigui has logged off.¡¯

    ¡°The coach ran so fast!¡±

    ¡°Gosh, the boss must be doing a spot check today!¡±

    Mamayou and Tonight Your Mom Must Die grumbled and disappeared in a sh of light in front of Segman. While Segman was still figuring out what happened, the plush rabbit took a step forward, closing the distance, and suddenly held Segman¡¯s hands.

    At that moment, Segman felt a fragrant scent, a¡­ kind of scent that was indescribable, like lying in a lover¡¯s warm embrace, deeplyforting.

    The reason the plush rabbit did this¡­ was because an emergency option popped up in the dialogue box.

    Option 6: Close the gap between the two (Segman Favorability +50, a certain probability to be friends, an extremely low probability to develop affection, greatly reducing the difficulty of requesting quests from Segman in the future, requires action: Hold the other¡¯s hands, Charm value 20 points.)

    As a professional yer, the plush rabbit would not miss any chance to increase an NPC¡¯s favorability, regardless of gender, especially for a crucial NPC like Segman, so he followed the newly popped-up option.

    And the results proved to be fantastic.

    The plush rabbit¡¯s hands were slightly cold but soft and smooth, and Segman¡¯s heart felt like something had grabbed it tightly.

    ¡°Tomorrow! Wait for us here tomorrow at the same time! We¡¯ll take on this quest, and we¡¯ll discuss the rewards tomorrow¡­¡± The plush rabbit paused briefly, his silver hair with red pupils reflecting Segman¡¯s figure, then with a soft voice that stirred a protective urge, said the final two words, ¡°Okay?¡±

    This¡­ this¡­ Segman¡¯s noble upbringing told him he should show enough elegance when facing ady¡¯s request.

    But for this moment, Segman, like an innocent young boy just learning etiquette, stammered and didn¡¯t know what to say. In the end, he could only nod slightly.

    When the plush rabbit saw Segman¡¯s nodding action, a prompt of favorability increase appeared in his vision.

    Upon seeing the prompt, the plush rabbit quickly let go of Segman¡¯s hands.

    ¡°So, favorability increased by fifty? Wow, if I boost my Charm by five more points, it¡¯d be phenomenal! Gah! I will definitely be the coolest member of the team, no matter the heat! The dark pots can¡¯t change a thing.¡± The plush rabbit kept muttering, also turning into a light to log off.

    Leaving only Segman standing there, holding his thumping chest¡­ Oh no! That¡¯s the feeling of heart fluttering.

    ¡®Name: Segman, Level: 32, upation: Mage, Description: Native resident of this world, Status: Charmed (by Plush Rabbit).¡¯

    Jiang Qiao, who had been watching from the sidelines, saw this status prompt through his reconnaissance skill and couldn¡¯t help butugh heartlessly.

    ¡°Pfft, hahaha.¡±

    ¡°Is this what you call manipting yers?¡± Hai Lan, who had observed Jiang Qiao¡¯s mischievous acts closely, saw the interaction between the plush rabbit and Segman, and knew the final option 6 was Jiang Qiao¡¯s improvisation, having watched him input this option into the dialogue box.

    ¡°How can it be called maniption? It¡¯s enriching the yers¡¯ gaming experience. Isn¡¯t the plush rabbit girl very happy?¡± Jiang Qiao, stifling hisughter, walked slowly toward Segman, who was still lost in the plush rabbit¡¯s fragrance.

    ¡°Is it¡­ you?¡±

    Segman quickly noticed Jiang Qiao approaching him and hurriedly hid his hands behind his back, but his cheeks still visibly blushed.

    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s me, but I didn¡¯te to find you today. I came to find your mentor, or rather, not exactly your mentor.¡±

    Jiang Qiao looked at the silent old mage standing behind Segman. The old mage¡¯s originally deep gray eyes had turned golden sometime.

    When Jiang Qiao threw a reconnaissance skill at the old mage again, a new status bar popped up.

    ¡®Name: Ancient Tower Guardian, Level: 60, upation: Versatile, Race: Demigod, Description: Consciousness of the Tower Master of the Tower of Trial attached to this mortal.¡¯

    CREATORS¡¯ THOUGHTS

    _Lunaelle

    From 15 Feb 2020, Coins spent on books that aren¡¯t selected will be refunded within 30 days. However, Fast Passes will not be refunded.

    The selected book will have a mark on the corner of the book cover in 30 days to indicate continuation.

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 Chapter 39 - 39 The Unappetizing Taling

    Chapter 39: Chapter 39 The Unappetizing Taling

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    Segman did not leave the outer resting area of the Tower of Trial. Following Jiang Qiao¡¯s hint, he headed straight to the NPC marketce formed by Enforcement Master Yirui and the fairy merchants.

    Jiang Qiao informed him of where to find a method to quickly be stronger. Segman appeared skeptical, but the yers gathered there still caught his attention, and he moved towards Enforcement Master Yirui¡¯s location with a probing attitude.

    Now, Jiang Qiao and the old Mage stood alone¡­ more urately referred to as the Tower Master of the Tower of Trial.

    The old Mage¡¯s pupils had turned pure gold. His golden pupils stared at Jiang Qiao, who felt an indescribable sense of oppression, as if the old Mage were holding not a Magic Wand, but a katana ready to be unsheathed at any moment.

    Jiang Qiao lightly grasped his Fire Spirit prayer in his hand. This was the first time Jiang Qiao faced a divine being, and he wasn¡¯t yet sure about the specific abilities of this ancient Tower Guardian.

    While Jiang Qiao pondered, the old Mage made a move. Jiang Qiao prepared to release his skills and unleash Hai Lan.

    The old Mage stepped forward without expression. Then Jiang Qiao heard a ¡®thud¡¯ as the old Mage kneeled in front of him with the speed of lightning, even cing his hands on the ground and his forehead against the back of his hands.

    What?

    Jiang Qiao looked at the remarkably skilled kowtow, at a loss for how to respond for a moment.

    ¡°Honorable Devouring God, please spare me!¡± The old Mage¡¯s voice, dry and aged, took on a uniquely feminine sobbing tone, making Jiang Qiao feel ufortable all over.

    The name of Devouring God was that terrifying? Jiang Qiao looked at the invisibly lurking Hai Lan beside him, who had her hands on her hips at this moment.

    ¡°You seem to be female. Can you stand up and speak?¡±

    Jiang Qiao nced around. Outside the Tower of Trial, over twenty yers had surrounded the fairy merchant and started to sing and dance. This was the only way Jiang Qiao could describe it.

    In the Holy Spirit battle auxiliary system, Jiang Qiao had added some additional content, like a dance assist feature. yers chose a dance move, and the move assist system would help them perfectly replicate it.

    More frighteningly, dance moves in Holy Spirit were even a¡­ collectible feature.

    Beside the fairy merchant, a yer had sessfully exchanged for the hardest-to-get rainbow unicorn headgear. When he put on the headgear, the surrounding yers congratted him, calling him awesome and referring to him as a heavy grinder.

    The yer then celebrated by putting on the rainbow unicorn headgear and performing a Michael Jackson dance,plete with background music.

    To outsiders, this celebration looked like some ancient tribal sacrificial ritual, with the weak and pitiful fairy merchant surrounded by yers being the sacrificial offering¡­

    The old Mage¡¯s actions drew the attention of the surrounding yers. It seemed they might run over to sing and dance around Jiang Qiao if the old Mage continued kneeling.

    Hidden missions ranked very high on the list of things yers would never miss.

    ¡°Gr¡­ great Devouring God, you must first promise not to eat me.¡± The old Mage¡¯s voice still trembled without stopping.

    ¡°Even if you kneel, it won¡¯t stop me from eating you.¡± Jiang Qiao now shared the divine status with Hai Lan, barely qualifying as a half-Devouring God.

    The Tower Spirit residing in the old Mage thought for a moment and realized Jiang Qiao¡¯s words made a certain sense. So, under Jiang Qiao¡¯s watchful eyes, hey t on the ground, face down.

    He probably couldn¡¯te up with a more reverent form of worship than kneeling, so he could only think of this full prostration.

    ¡°Alright then, if you stand up, I won¡¯t make you Hai Lan¡¯s dinner.¡± Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t know what else to say. In his mind, he wondered if all the gods in the multiverse were missing a screw.

    The old Mage stood up immediately, twisting his waist in the process. Jiang Qiao clearly heard the bones cracking in the old Mage¡¯s waist, but the Tower Spirit residing in the old Mage was oblivious. He still looked at Jiang Qiao with a nervous expression, like a student staring at a strict principal in the office.

    ¡°First of all, I have no interest in turning you into Hai Lan¡¯s dinner. We came here simply to clear the Tower of Trial.¡± Jiang Qiao felt a bit guilty when he said this. If the Tower Guardian in this dimension were weak enough, Hai Lan might take the opportunity to feast when Jiang Qiao wasn¡¯t paying attention.

    But this dimension was different from thest invaded dimension. The previous one was like fast food, while this one was more like a vegetable garden, with yers responsible for harvesting and the Tower Guardian for nting.

    In short, there was potential for continuous development.

    ¡°You are speaking the truth.¡± The Tower Spirit seemed to have a mind-reading technique; she paused for a moment, nced at the hovering Hai Lan next to Jiang Qiao, and then mustered the courage to say, ¡°I¡­ I can actually allow your creations to continue¡­ exploring this Tower of Trial, but¡­ but¡­ but I have a request.¡±

    Here ites¡­ the mission!

    ¡°What request?¡± Jiang Qiao asked.

    ¡°Don¡¯t eat me.¡±

    ¡°¡­¡±

    Jiang Qiao guessed this Tower Spirit must be like a broken record.

    Hai Lan, hovering beside Jiang Qiao, was already showing great restraint. At least she wasn¡¯t drooling too much.

    ¡°No¡­ no, what I mean is¡­ I¡­ I¡¯m about to be devoured, that is¡­ the aura of the Devouring God is¡­ is approaching me.¡± The Tower Spirit struggled to further exin. Hai Lan looked bewildered, but Jiang Qiao suddenly remembered something and took out the system book.

    The system book was an invisible and untouchable item for yers, so Jiang Qiao had no problem taking it out in front of so many yers.

    This thick book, heavy enough to be used as a street brawl weapon, opened up, and the star map projected before Jiang Qiao.

    On the star map, the dimension of Hai Lan¡¯s Divine Fragment started to¡­ ¡®move.¡¯ It slowly floated toward the high tower dimension where Jiang Qiao was, as if called by some force.

    Beyond the high tower dimension was the main world of Holy Spirit, and further beyond that, Blue Star.

    ¡°My followers must have sensed my presence and areing to pay homage to me, right?¡± Hai Lan said.

    ¡°Pay homage, my foot. They want to invade this dimension and through here, directly invade the game world of Holy Spirit.¡± Jiang Qiao lightly tapped the dimension mark of Hai Lan¡¯s Divine Fragment, marked with a crimson enemy icon. ¡°Monster Siege? This event update is too fast. No, the estimated time of arrival is fifteen days? Shouldn¡¯t we be able to directly counterattack after fifteen days?¡±

    CREATORS¡¯ THOUGHTS

    _Lunaelle

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    Thank you for your understanding.

 Chapter 40: Things the Savior (Player) Can Do

    Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Things the Savior (yer) Can Do

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    The old Mage, Pru, woke up from the state of being possessed by the tower spirit, and the first thing he did was grab Jiang Qiao¡¯s hands.

    ¡°Doomsday! The end of the world!¡± The old Mage¡¯s dry hands grasped Jiang Qiao¡¯s arms tightly, his eyes wide open ¡°I saw the moment of this world¡¯s end, the prophecy is true, the demonic star¡­ the demonic star ising.¡±

    The old Mage¡¯s words were quite simr to those of the three mysterious astrologers in Jiang Qiao¡¯s Astrologer¡¯s Tower.

    ¡°Prince Segman? I have to inform Prince Segman!¡± The old Mage started looking around for Segman¡¯s figure as he came to his senses. When he saw Segman in front of the Enforcement Master, Yirui, he immediately let go of Jiang Qiao¡¯s hands and ran over.

    ¡°Forgive me, great Devouring God¡­ I must inform the original residents of this world of this matter.¡±

    A crisp voice rang in Jiang Qiao¡¯s ears, and Jiang Qiao looked up to see a glowing creature appear before him.

    This creature was very small, covered in extremely soft light gray fur from head to toe, resembling a small human in stature but with a body proportion of only three heads. Her face had human-like eyes and mouth, but her nose was a rabbit-like inverted triangle. She even had a pair of fluffy rabbit ears on her forehead.

    The appearance of this tower spirit was enough to make some people with certain peculiar fetishes have criminal thoughts in their minds.

    ¡°Can you tell the old Mage another thing?¡± Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t mind the tower spirit informing the native residents about the possible invasion of Hai Lan¡¯s former followers into this dimension.

    After all, the native residents of this world were also a strongbat force. Currently, there were only 3,100 yers on the Holy Spirit server, with a daily increase of between 300 to 500. Each dungeon run might increase the server¡¯s limit by five to fifteen yers at most.

    There were even fewer yers who had reached level 30 and above in Holy Spirit, with only 130 yers. Maybe in fifteen days, the first batch of yers could reach level 40 and above, and leveling fanatics like ¡°Add Milk No Extra Charge¡± could reach the full level of 50. But dealing with the average level of 50 in the Hai Lan divine realm was still a big challenge.

    If the tower spirit informed the native residents about the ¡°end of the world,¡± they would definitely send troops to guard the dimension of the Tower of Trial. Among these native residents, there were those who were above level 45.

    But using the strength of native NPCs had a prerequisite, which was that they shouldn¡¯t conflict with the yers.

    Small-scale conflicts were eptable, butrge-scale conflicts would be a bit troublesome, so Jiang Qiao needed to change the native NPCs¡¯ view of the yers.

    The most straightforward view was¡­ to make the yers be seen as saviors, heroes, or simr roles.

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    This was amon setting in most games, where yers were always the ones saving the world.

    ¡°You go and continue hinting to that old Mage, tell him¡­ we are the Holy Spirits summoned by you, the great beings from a distant world, with a mission to save your world from imminent destruction. In short, make our status a bit higher, simply put¡­ make the native residents think of us as saviors, and change their term for yers to ¡®Great Holy Spirits¡¯ as well.¡±

    Jiang Qiao personally believed that the best way to motivate yers to do tasks was¡­ to have NPCs tter the yers, tter them in various ways, call them Great Cann Star, world-saving heroes, tter them well, and even if yers were tasked with weeding or nting, it would be fine¡­

    After all, doing chores for NPCs was a required course for world-saving heroes.

    ¡°I¡­ think I understand.¡± The tower spirit still appeared quite afraid whilemunicating with Jiang Qiao, mainly because there was a Hai Lan staring directly at her beside Jiang Qiao.

    Anyone would feel immense psychological pressure if a lion¡ªno, a T-Rex¡ªwere staring at them.

    Under such psychological pressure, the tower spirit quickly floated towards the old Mage who was running towards Segman. She once again turned into a beam of light and entered the old Mage¡¯s body.

    Compared to Segman¡¯s current state, he was engaging in a battle of wits and courage with the woman in front called the Enforcement Master Yirui.

    ¡°Will cing the weapon in this peculiar alchemical device really strengthen it?¡± Segman was initially attracted by the woman¡¯sment ¡°That guy over there is quite handsome.¡±

    ¡°The effect of my enforcement machine is absolute. If you don¡¯t believe me, you can try it.¡± Enforcement Master Yirui always wore a smile that Segman couldn¡¯t quite understand.

    Honestly, Segman was somewhat craving power now. He had two reasons for craving power: the first was to find a way to break the fastest holy record for the first tier, and the second was to show his strength in front of that Priestess.

    Segman was still thinking about the rabbit fur¡¯s words ¡°Wait for me here tomorrow, I¡¯ll take you to a dungeon,¡± Segman didn¡¯t want to be the burden the team had to carry, he wanted to be the strongest one in the team! The leader!

    The fastest way to strengthen Segman¡¯s abilities at this stage was through equipment, various holy relics equipment, and the Enforcement Master Yirui¡¯s enforcement machine gave Segman some hope!

    ¡°I hope you¡¯re not lying to me!¡± Segman took out a fairly well-made short sword and threw it into the enforcement machine. Enforcement Master Yirui just kept smiling ambiguously without saying a word.

    The first reinforcement didn¡¯t require any magic stones or money; it was like a trial experience.

    The rounded enforcement machine began to shake wildly the moment Segman pressed the start button, and the various indicator lights on the surface of the machine started shing frantically.

    Seeing the extent of the shaking, Segman took a quick step back, almost thinking that this strange alchemical machine was going to explode.

    The shaking of the enforcement machine started to calm down after two seconds, and finally, the enforcement machine spat out the short sword Segman had thrown in.

    Segman reached out and grasped the short sword, feeling a vibrant life-like warmth from the sword¡¯s hilt. A magical inscription number appeared on the de, which Segman could understand and meant ¡°+1.¡±

    Segman gently swung the short sword in his hand through the air, and the de cut through the air with ease.

    Sharpness¡­

    It had indeed improved.

    In Segman¡¯s world, Mages all adhered to the rule that a Mage who doesn¡¯t use a sword isn¡¯t a good Knight, so Segman was quite proficient in swordsmanship.

    He could genuinely feel that the sharpness of this short sword had increased a bit.

    ¡°Can it be further enhanced?¡±

    Segman immediately asked Enforcement Master Yirui beside him. He felt like he had discovered a new world.

    ¡°The second enhancement requires two magic stones.¡± Enforcement Master Yirui said.

    Segman directly handed over two magic stones to Enforcement Master Yirui, then threw the short sword into the enforcement machine again. After another wild shake, the short sword was spat out by the enforcement machine, and the inscription number on it changed from +1 to +2.

    Segman swung the sword again, and the sharpness had increased one more level. This time, Segman even felt an illusion that he could easily cut through the air.

    ¡°Hey! How many times can this machine enhance a weapon?¡±

    Segman asked while trying to contain his excitement.

    ¡°Countless times, but it¡¯s not cheap, handsome boy.¡± Enforcement Master Yirui showed a sly smile. In Jiang Qiao¡¯s setting, she would never reveal that¡­ enhancing equipment carried risks.

 Chapter 41: Can This Group Save the World?

    Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Can This Group Save the World?

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Segman knew the power of this strengthening machine, so he no longer tried to strengthen ordinary short swords. Instead, he took out a sacred artifact called the ¡®Magic Wand.¡¯

    This sacred artifact was obtained from the Tower of Trial, a rare item with a very small range of effect. Because its range was so small, its effects were extremely powerful. Within a one-meter radius of the wand, all the magic cast by mages would be more than double the usual power, and the magic itself would be enhanced.

    In gaming terms, MP would be doubled.

    Due to the settings in Sacred Spirit, sacred artifacts could only be ced in the manor or within a guild, making this wand very underwhelming for yers.

    After all, what¡¯s the use of doubling MP within a one-meter radius in the main city? To kill the main city guards?

    This wand was one of Segman¡¯s crucial aids in acquiring the Stone Tablet of Sacred Records.

    Just as he was about to throw the wand into the strengthening machine, an old mage finally approached him.

    ¡°Your Highness, Segman! Your Highness! We must return immediately!¡± The old mage gripped Segman¡¯s shoulders with his aged hands.

    ¡°Mentor, what¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Segman was about to put the sacred wand into the strengthening machine when the old mage forced his arm back.

    ¡°Doomsday ising! The prophecy is true! The end is near! The god of the Tower of Trial has revealed everything to me, a demonic star¡­ a demonic star is heading towards this ne.¡±

    ¡°Mentor, is what you said true?¡±

    Segman looked at his mentor¡¯s twisted face. If anyone else had told him this, Segman would have assumed they were a chatan.

    But standing before him was the greatest sage and prophet of the Flowing Water Country. His greatness didn¡¯te from his magical prowess but from his knowledge and ability tomunicate with gods.

    Since his youth, he had foretold three events that could have led to the destruction of the Flowing Water Country. The king didn¡¯t believe him the first time.

    Though the country wasn¡¯t destroyed, it suffered heavy blows. The second time, the king chose to believe him, and the Flowing Water Country narrowly escaped destruction. By the third time, he was already the greatest sage in the Flowing Water Country, and the king followed his guidance, making the Flowing Water Country one of the most powerful nations in their world.

    These events took ce thirty years ago. The Flowing Water Country had developed smoothly for thirty years, and now this prophet was predicting the world¡¯s end.

    ¡°It¡¯s true! We must go back and inform your father.¡± The old mage¡¯s mouth was already dripping with blood, making Segman believe even more that the old mage had paid a heavy price to obtain this prophecy from the gods.

    But the price was truly heavy¡ªthe old mage¡¯s waist was injured by the tower spirit, but in his urgency, he hadn¡¯t noticed.

    ¡°What¡¯s the solution?¡± Segman asked the crucial question. ¡°What¡¯s the solution after doomsday arrives?¡±

    Whenever the old mage made a prophecy, he would spend his life and magic seeking a solution. That¡¯s why he was respected by the people of the Flowing Water Country, even though he wasn¡¯t the most powerful mage in the country¡­

    ¡°The solution¡­ the solution¡­¡± the old mage muttered to himself. His neck twisted strangely, and his pupils turned a pure golden color.

    When Segman saw the pure gold pupils, he immediately let go of the old mage, knowing that something¡­ sacred had possessed him.

    ¡°Holy Spirit.¡± The old mage¡¯s voice became devoid of any emotion. ¡°These warriors called Holy Spirits are heroes I summoned from distant nes. As they fight in the Tower of Trial, they will regain their original power. These heroes¡­ will help you resist theing doomsday!¡±

    Holy Spirits? Heroes? Heroes summoned by gods?

    Segman followed the old mage¡¯s indication and looked towards the distant ce where the fairy merchants were.

    ¡°Damn it! I¡¯m only thirty magic stones short of getting the mane horse headpiece. How did those liver emperors manage to get the rare rainbow unicorn headpiece?¡±

    ¡°Brother, don¡¯t get a headpiece, get a mount! The Fatty Qiu walking bird is an out-of-print mount.¡±

    ¡°Anyone for a dance battle? If no one answers, I¡¯ll ask again.¡±

    ¡°First floor of the Tower of Trial! Looking for a strong MT! Health over 4000! Hurry and join the group!¡±

    Seeing the scene in the distance, Segman could only describe it with one phrase: a carnival of chaos¡­

    By the Flowing Water God! These people are the gods¡¯ chosen saviors? How could Segman¡­ just not believe it? He felt like picking a random group from an asylum in the Flowing Water Country would be stronger than them!

    But the images he saw and the sounds he heard told Segman that these people definitely didn¡¯t seem capable of saving the world, yet reason told Segman, ¡®No! They are!¡¯

    The most direct feeling was that the strongest among these Holy Spirits had broken Segman¡¯s sacred records with ease.

    That was something Segman was unwilling to admit.

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    The survival of the country was far more important than Segman¡¯s personal feelings.

    ¡°Mentor, please go back and inform my father of these events. I have something else to do here,¡± Segman said.

    ¡°What about you?¡± The old mage had regained his senses, and the tower spirit¡¯s consciousness had left him.

    ¡°Me?¡± Segman nced again at the yers who had started a dance battle. ¡°I also want to be a hero. No¡­ I must be a hero.¡±

    ¡°Sigh¡­ don¡¯t push yourself too hard.¡±

    The old mage knew his disciple Segman was the best and the most outstanding in the Flowing Water Country, but Segman had one w: he was toopetitive.

    Sopetitive that he wouldn¡¯t allow anyone to be better than him. If such a person appeared, Segman would go to any lengths to be stronger than them.

    The yers who had broken his sacred records were undoubtedly better than Segman, which had hit his pride.

    Segman admitted that these Holy Spirits had the potential to save the world and be heroes, but he also wanted to be that hero!

    The old mage disappeared from Segman¡¯s sight, and Segman looked at the strengthening machine in the distance, holding the wand in his hand.

    ¡°I can¡¯t embarrass myself in front of those bizarre folks tomorrow,¡± Segman said as he threw the sacred wand of his country into the strengthening machine.

    Jiang Qiao had been watching the exchange between the old mage and Segman. At that moment, Hai Lan floated over to Jiang Qiao.

    ¡°I¡¯m hungry.¡± Hai Lan puffed out her cheeks slightly and said the three words that made the nearby tower spirit tremble with fear.

    ¡°I know, but wait a little longer.¡± Jiang Qiao gently pushed Hai Lan¡¯s cheeks aside, keeping his eyes on Segman, who was outwitting the strengthening machine in the distance.

    From the conversation between Segman and the old mage, Jiang Qiao could tell that the old mage¡¯s status in their country was akin to that of a prophet.

    This made the old mage¡¯s words more credible. It wouldn¡¯t be long before NPCs would appear outside the Tower of Trial, treating yers as saviors. However, Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t rule out that they would send people to test the yers¡¯ capabilities or to see if they could fulfill the role of saviors. The native inhabitants would also likely send heavy troops to guard this front-line battlefield.

    To the yers, this was just a world quest, but to the native inhabitants, it was a crisis of life and death.

    Regardless¡­ Jiang Qiao needed to spend some time preparing for the imminent battle for Hai Lan¡¯s godhood.

    But before that, Jiang Qiao had another matter to resolve.

    ¡°Hai Lan, our world can still be invaded, right?¡± Jiang Qiao asked.

    ¡°Absolutely, there are many invading nes on the star map. Some invading nes seem to have already detected Blue Star¡¯s existence.¡± Hai Lan also appeared very worried.

    At this point, Jiang Qiao had two solutions. The first solution was to send yers to the invading nes and eliminate them before they reached Blue Star, but this would introduce many¡­ unknown troubles.

    Each ne had different rules.

    When Jiang Qiao brought yers to this high tower ne fragment, he spent a lot of energy modifying thews of this ne to integrate it into the Holy Spirit system.

    Invasion nes wouldn¡¯t give Jiang Qiao that chance.

    So Jiang Qiao had a second idea!

    ¡°Perhaps we should start creating a hidden world within Blue Star.¡±

    This was Jiang Qiao¡¯s second solution.

    ¡°Creating another world!? I don¡¯t have that much energy!¡± Hearing about creating a new world, Hai Lan immediately went into a state of alert.

    ¡°Not aplete new world, but a hidden world based on the framework of Blue Star. I can¡¯t exin it well right now, but I have an idea. Let¡¯s go offline first, your garlic butter lobster has arrived.¡± Jiang Qiao said.

 Chapter 42 - 42 Construction Plan

    Chapter 42: Chapter 42 Construction n

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Jiang Qiao went offline from the Holy Spirit, then sat on the sofa in the living room browsing through various posts on the yermunity¡¯s Holy Spirit section.

    Hai Lan sat beside him, happily eating garlic butter lobster worth one hundred and eight yuan.

    Currently, the server capacity for the Holy Spirit is three thousand one hundred and seventy-three people, with an average daily increase of three hundred to five hundred people.

    Two-thirds of the yers are still hovering around levels one to ten, with only about four hundred yers who can actually form abat force.

    In terms of energy acquisition, Jiang Qiao now gets about five hundred to seven hundred points of energy per day from the Tower Dimension, with the current Creation Energy being fourteen thousand three hundred and twenty-one points.

    Currently, the map size of the Holy Spirit is around two hundred and sixty-one square kilometers. The expansion space obtained from the first invaded dimension was directly invested in real estate by Jiang Qiao, which means yer manors.

    Now, Jiang Qiao¡¯s n was to create a hidden dimension within Blue Star, so that when monsters from invaded dimensions appear on Blue Star, they first enter this hidden dimension to have passionate interactions with the yers.

    ¡°Enhanced Reality Technology? What¡¯s that?¡±

    Hai Lan¡¯s cherry-red lips were covered with various oils, and she spat out a shrimp shell while speaking.

    ¡°AR technology and three-dimensional projection technology. In the most straightforward way, it means projecting game characters into reality using projections.¡±

    Jiang Qiao exited the yermunity forum and started searching for information rted to virtual projection on a search engine.

    Although the technology on Blue Star is already eight years ahead of Earth, some technical problems have yet to be solved. For instance, three-dimensional projection technology is still considered a difficult problem on Blue Star.

    AR technology has developed very maturely on Blue Star. Two-dimensional projection is already amon technology on Blue Star and even on Earth, but three-dimensional projection still doesn¡¯t exist on Blue Star.

    ¡°What¡¯s the specific use?¡± Hai Lan, despite being somewhat clueless about smart technologies, was curious, especially since there were mechanics in the Holy Spirit game as a ss.

    But the mechanics in the Holy Spirit belonged to that type of ¡°I think this Gundam can work so it must be able to work,¡± a job that defies thews of physics. The various skills of mechanics were materialized by Holy Spirit without any scientific basis.

    Such reasoning can also be applied to other ultra-science fiction sses in the Holy Spirit.

    ¡°The specific use is that the monsters from invaded dimensions will still appear on the streets, and the figure of Holy Spirit yers fighting monsters will also appear on the real streets. But these scenes will only be three-dimensional projections, a game event in the eyes of passersby. To the yers, it¡¯s just another abyss hunting activity. To the monsters, it¡¯s their doomsday,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°But you said¡­ no one in this dimension has made such three-dimensional projection technology yet.¡± Hai Lan said while disassembling the head of a small lobster.

    ¡°It hasn¡¯t been made yet, but someone is researching it, and has been for many years.¡±

    Jiang Qiao closed the search engine on his phone and directly opened his contact directory, finding a very familiar number.

    ¡°Judging by your expression, you are waiting for me to ask who it is? Could it be someone you know?¡± Hai Lan said vaguely with a mouthful of lobster shell.

    ¡°Yes, very familiar¡­ it¡¯s my father.¡±

    Jiang Qiao picked up his phone and showed the name on the contact number.

    ¡°Qiao An? Aren¡¯t people in this country supposed to follow their father¡¯s surname? Why is your father¡¯s surname Qiao while yours is Jiang?¡± Hai Lan had some knowledge about this world.

    ¡°Because my dad married into the Jiang Family.¡±

    Jiang Qiao previously mentioned that some of his rtives worked in the government, and his father was just an ordinary student who met Jiang Qiao¡¯s mother in university. After some bumps and hurdles, they ended up together. Then his father cheerfully married into the Jiang Family.

    Now Jiang Qiao¡¯s father has graduated for many years and has been dedicated to researching three-dimensional projection technology at a technologypany in Hua Country.

    ¡°So what¡¯s the n? Tell your father the knowledge about three-dimensional projection technology?¡± Hai Lan didn¡¯t know whether she had rted knowledge in creator mode.

    ¡°No need, and creator mode can¡¯t achieve that,¡± Jiang Qiao said truthfully. Thews of Blue Star and the Holy Spirit dimension are different; some technologies from Blue Star cannot be used in the Holy Spirit dimension.

    Those high-tech professions in the Holy Spirit game were all based on an ¡°I think¡± mindset. Simply put, they were pseudo-technologies. In game terms, they have textures, skill effects, and damage, but there¡¯s nothing inside the model.

    ¡°Then how will you get your father to create three-dimensional projection technology?¡±

    Hai Lan took another bite of the lobster shell. During this time with Jiang Qiao, she hade to understand that creators are not omnipotent.

    ¡°Have you heard of the Eureka moment?¡±

    ¡°Oil what?¡±

    ¡°Eureka, it means inspiration.¡± Jiang Qiao pointed to his head. ¡°Many human inventions are based on a momentary inspiration. The Eureka moment itself is about finding a solution in a chaotic random event, a feeling akin to divine inspiration.¡±

    ¡°You n to give your father inspiration?¡± Hai Lan understood, but her mouth was stuffed with three small lobsters, making speaking difficult.

    ¡°Yes, humans¡­ or rather, we have unlimited potential. I¡¯ll just give my father a push.¡±

    Jiang Qiao said, dialing his father¡¯s number. During the call, his pupils gradually turned a pale gold color.

    ¡°Jiang Qiao? I told you I majored in material science in university, not finance. Asking me about your postgraduate entrance exam won¡¯t help,¡± came aint from the other side of the phone instantly.

    ¡°I just wanted to ask how your project development is going.¡± Jiang Qiao was used to his father¡¯s unfilial character.

    ¡°Project? The same as usual,cking funds,cking manpower. Recently, I saw Eagle Country iming they made three-dimensional projection, but when I went to check it out, it was all nonsense. What I want to make is¡­¡± Qiao An seemed to have had a bit to drink, and not a small amount. When Jiang Qiao asked about his project, he started ranting.

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    ¡°Father, I want something from you. I remember it starts with forty-two.¡± Jiang Qiao casually mentioned a magical number, a sentence imbued with Creation Energy.

    Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t alter the world¡¯s rules; he simply allowed his father to enter an unprecedented state of inspiration, the kind felt when Watt invented the steam engine, or Benz thought of inventing the automobile, a state of inspiration explosion.

    ¡°What thing? Wait, I got it! Also, Jiang Qiao, for your mom¡¯s sake, follow up with postgraduate studies for me. I have things to do! Bye, bye!¡±

    Qiao An¡¯s voice sounded exceptionally excited. After speaking, he hung up, leaving Jiang Qiao to wait and see if his father could really break through the barrier of three-dimensional projection technology during this inspiration torrent.

 Chapter 43 - 43 Gameplay

    Chapter 43: Chapter 43 Gamey

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    After assigning his father an ¡°inspiration torrent¡± status, Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t bother with the matter anymore¡­

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s father had been researching this project for five years.

    During these five years, rumors had it that his father had already created a 3D projector, though the machine wasrge enough to hold an entire cruise ship. If the rumors were true, then his father¡¯s current project should be focused on downsizing the 3D projector.

    This developmental trajectory was quite simr to that ofputers and steam engines. Whenputers were first invented, a hostputer would require several rooms to house it.

    At the moment, Hai Lan was still munching on crawfish at the low table in front of the sofa, while Jiang Qiao began testing the game rules in the inner world.

    Jiang Qiao spent roughly 500 Creation Energy points to transform the space on the table into a test version of the Blue Star inner world.

    On the surface, nothing changed. The shrimp shells Hai Lan was chewing on piled up in one corner of the table, and Jiang Qiao summoned a mini version of ¡°Not Updating Today,¡± which was his Sacred Spirit character, on the table.

    In the inner world¡¯s game dimension, the Not Updating Today character was only thumb-sized, consuming far less energy.

    ¡°What do you want to do?¡± Hai Lan asked, pausing her crawfish munching.

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s test seemed like it would consume a particrly, particrlyrge amount of energy.

    ¡°I want to give the construction rights of the inner world to the yers.¡±

    As Jiang Qiao spoke, a piece of stone brick appeared in his Elemental Summoner¡¯s hand. He stacked the stone bricks one by one, forming a house resembling a coffin nk.

    ¡°Give it to the yers? You mean letting them control Sacred Spirit characters to build houses in the real world?¡± Hai Lan nced out the tall buildings outside the window. ¡°You¡¯re not thinking of demolishing those, are you?¡±

    ¡°yers are just 3D projections; they can¡¯t touch real-world objects, they can only see them. So, in the yers¡¯ eyes, they can see everything in the real world, but essentially the inner world is just a super-t world¡ªperfect for¡­ house building.¡±

    Jiang Qiao made his Elemental Summoner reach out to grab a small crawfish beside Hai Lan.

    With a speed the naked eye couldn¡¯t catch, Hai Lan snatched up her small crawfish and held it high above her head.

    Jiang Qiao sighed in resignation and had his Elemental Summoner grab the pile of shrimp shells instead.

    As a result, the Elemental Summoner¡¯s hand passed through the shrimp shells since, ording to the theoretical setting, this Elemental Summoner was just a 3D projection. Jiang Qiao was simting this effect with the Creation State.

    ¡°If all yers have the ability to build houses, won¡¯t the inner world of Blue Star be full of these¡­ coffin nks?¡± Hai Lan put down her small crawfish and pointed at the coffin nk-like house Jiang Qiao had just assembled.

    ¡°This is where the manor system from Sacred Spirites in.¡±

    Jiang Qiao made his tiny Elemental Summoner walk to the lunchbox containing the shrimp shells by Hai Lan¡¯s side. Hai Lan hugged the lunchbox with both hands, instantly going into alert mode.

    It was like azy, chubby orange cat enteringbat mode instantly upon discovering another cat would steal its small dried fish.

    The Elemental Summoner didn¡¯t do anything to Hai Lan¡¯s lunchbox. Instead, a small window popped up before him, disying a line of data.

    ¡°Manor¡¤Sea Blue Goddess¡¯s Lunchbox

    Land Area: 530 square centimeters.

    Purchase Requirement: 100 Magic Stones.¡±

    The Magic Stones purchase requirement was just something Jiang Qiao made up on the spot. In the future, if yers truly wanted to buy real estate in the ¡°real world¡± and build Sacred Spirit houses, the requirements would definitely be different.

    ¡°yers can buy houses in the locations I set. These locations can be purchased repeatedly, but only the most excellently constructed manor will be disyed.¡± Jiang Qiao exined.

    ¡°That sounds like it¡¯s turning into another game? Everyone collects materials in Sacred Spirit, then heads to the real world to¡­ build houses?¡±

    Hai Lan¡¯sprehension was incredibly strong, only slightly dipping when it came to topics rted to eating.

    ¡°Not another game, but a new version.¡± Jiang Qiao stated his idea.

    ¡°After you recover that Divine Fragment, I¡¯ll update the game version, synchronizing the existence and level cap increase of the inner world. This is also a method to save Creation Energy. After all, moving buildings directly from Sacred Spirit to the inner world also consumes a lot of energy. yers building it brick by brick themselves aligns more with the real world setting.¡±

    ¡°I remember that girl boiling water, what¡¯s her name again¡­¡±

    ¡°ck-haired Chang Qing?¡± Jiang Qiao mentioned the yer who left a deep impression on him. ¡°She¡¯s currently at level twenty-five, still striving to save up a hundred gold. However, she¡¯s indeed an extremely creative yer. I believe she¡¯ll shine in the inner world in the future.¡±

    ¡°There aren¡¯t any main cities in the inner world. Aren¡¯t those invaders from the invasive dimensions going to demolish the yers¡¯ manors?¡±

    Hai Lan was quite protective of the yers, like a new mother unsure of how to take care of her baby, clumsily but diligently guarding her child¡ªthe yers.

    ¡°Won¡¯t yers build cannons, defensive towers, or prism towers in their manors to blow the enemies to hell?¡± Jiang Qiao revealed his ambition to Hai Lan. ¡°Never underestimate our creativity¡­¡±

    Maybe a game designer¡¯s creativity is limited, but the creativity of the yermunity is boundless, as seen in a game called ¡°Besiege.¡± Originally a medieval construction game, it was transformed by yers into games like StarCraft, Gundam fighting, Tank World, and more.

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    In Sacred Spirit¡¯s original world, for the sake of NPCs and other yers¡¯ game experiences, Jiang Qiao restricted the constructionist yers¡¯ y experience.

    But the inner world was entirely different. It was a super-t world where constructionists could do whatever they wanted, as long as they had enough money to buy houses.

    ¡°It sounds interesting, like¡­ tower defense.¡± Hai Lan recalled a term Jiang Qiao mentioned before.

    ¡°It¡¯s normal to construct defensive lines for enemy invasions, isn¡¯t it?¡± Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t care about the gamey experience of invaders from invasive dimensions.

    The construction system in Sacred Spirit was extremelyplexplex in its freedom. But essentially, it was still a game. Building a cannon in Sacred Spirit didn¡¯t require high academic qualifications, just a corresponding profession in the life professions. Sacred Spirit¡¯s system would guide yers to create what they wanted, and all creations operated based on the manor¡¯s main structure known as the ¡°Saint Crystal.¡±

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it a bit early to talk about this now?¡± Hai Lan had finished her crawfish. ¡°Whether I can get that Divine Fragment is still a problem. And¡­ will 3D projections really be widespread so quickly?¡±

    ¡°They will. I have a premonition. Although it will take time, we¡­ or rather, all Sacred Spirit yers, must work together. The first step is to level up.¡± Jiang Qiao was absolutely confident in his yers.

    But this confidence didn¡¯tst long. After testing the inner world¡¯s basic operation mode, Jiang Qiao took a moment to nce at the Sacred Spirit section in the yermunity, where a post caught his attention.

    The post was titled: ¡°A new NPC arena has appeared outside the Tower of Trial, and the NPCs there are strong! I¡¯ve suffered four times! Any PK pros to help? Urgent!¡±

 Chapter 44: The Gameâ€™s Combat System

    Chapter 44: Chapter 44: The Game¡¯s Combat System

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Jiang Qiao began to look through the content of the post in detail. The first thing that caught his eye was a screenshot of a Knight in dark red armor carrying his longsword on his shoulder.

    The Knight¡¯s vision was obscured by his helmet, but Jiang Qiao could inexplicably sense from the screenshot¡­ the Knight¡¯s disappointment toward the person who took the screenshot.

    ¡°I just updated the outside of the Tower of Trial with a bunch of NPCs and added a new quest to duel this NPC. I was the first to discover it and went up to fight him, only to find that this guy isn¡¯t affected by floating or knockdown effects! I hit him into the air, and he could still counterattack. It also seems like he has skills like foresight and parry! I¡¯ve suffered three times already, and he keeps saying things like ¡®You Holy Spirits are no big deal.¡¯ I¡¯m so mad! I want to get back at him, but I can¡¯t win at all. Kneel and beg for a pro to help me regain my honor.¡± Poster: Cha Ye.

    ¡°NPC duel quests? I got one in Eagle w City too. NPC fights are super easy. I finished it in ten minutes. I guess OP¡¯s skills are just bad.¡± Replier: Hou Qi.

    ¡°What rewards do you get for beating this NPC?¡± Replier: Wang Duanwu.

    The original author, Cha Ye, was always online and kept refreshing the post. He would reply as soon as there was ament.

    ¡°Seems like there¡¯s no reward.¡± Replier: Cha Ye.

    ¡°If there¡¯s no reward, what¡¯s the point? You might as well go level up with that time.¡± Replier: Shenlong Qingyin.

    ¡°But this NPC seems to really look down on us, shouting things like ¡®Is there no stronger Holy Spirit?¡¯ Kneel and beg for a pro to help us get back at him.¡± Replier: Cha Ye.

    ¡°First of all, I haven¡¯t yed Holy Spirit, but from the NPC¡¯s gear, it looks like he¡¯s a heavy armor type. OP¡¯s ss is Swordsman, right? I¡¯ve seen streamers y that ss. Can¡¯t a dual-sword Swordsman just sh him down?¡± Replier: Kou Tu Fen Fang.

    ¡°Cloud gamer pro.¡±

    ¡°Cloud gamers kill countless enemies using just a keyboard.¡±

    Jiang Qiao finished reading all the replies in the post. After thinking for a while, he logged into the game and directly entered the Tower of Trial through the portal.

    The Tower of Trial indeed had many more¡­ indigenous NPCs. They were all natives from the Flowing Water Country. Among them were thirty-two Knights and twelve Mages who doubled as schrs. Their task was to investigate the status of the Tower of Trial and make contact with the legendary Savior, the Holy Spirits.

    One way of making contact was by sending people to test the truebat power of the Holy Spirits.

    Hence, the following scene urred: the most powerful elite among these Knights set up an arena and invited yers to duel.

    There were not many yers outside the Tower of Trial at the moment, only thirteen. Most yers were still grinding in the beginner vige or exploring instances. Few would idle outside an instance.

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    Among the thirteen yers, the one who had posted in themunity forum, Cha Ye, was one of them. He was currently standing on the arena for the fourth time, facing that indigenous Knight.

    Jiang Qiao arrived at the edge of the arena, where there were three other onlookers who seemed to be Cha Ye¡¯s friends.

    Jiang Qiao cast a probing spell on the indigenous Knight standing in the arena.

    ¡°Name: Soral, Level: 40, ss: Warrior series. Description: Native of this world, Honored Knight.¡±

    A Level 40 Warrior¡­ The yer Cha Ye, who was facing Soral, was a Level 33 Swordsman.

    This level was considered high among yers, but despite the seven-level difference, the Honored Knight Soral was not using his full strength against Cha Ye.

    Cha Ye was still at an absolute disadvantage for two reasons. The first was that he had enabledbat assistance during the battle.

    Not every yer knew how to wield a sword or gun. They relied on thebat assistance system to help execute skills when they mentally recited the skill¡¯s name.

    However, skills executed throughbat assistance had a major drawback; they were too rigid! The skill actions were fixed and unchangeable. Against unintelligent monsters and NPCs, yers might be able to easily defeat them.

    But Cha Ye was now facing a battle-hardened Honored Knight.

    Even more fatal was that this indigenous Knight didn¡¯t follow the basic rules ofbat, meaning he was not limited by the Holy Spirit¡¯sbat system.

    Holy Spirit was a game, not a real-world simtion. Thus, itsbat differed from reality.

    Thebat system was somewhatplex, roughly divided into two parts. The first was the yer¡¯sbat style rating, simr to Devil May Cry. The second was thebat system itself, epassingbo, aerial, ground sweep, parry, block, deflect, foresight, and counter.

    Take aerialbat as an example. Most games had this system, the most famous being Ace Combat¡­ no, the Devil May Cry series. yers had skills that could knock monsters into the air, leaving them unable to counterattack and vulnerable tobos¡­

    But Soral didn¡¯t fall for that!

    Jiang Qiao saw Cha Ye begin with a basic Swordsman skill, an upward sh, which actually hit Soral.

    Under the astonished gaze of the Knights and Mages behind Soral, Cha Ye¡¯s slender katana sent the heavily armored Knight Soral flying a meter into the air.

    It seemed to be the first time Soral had been hit by such a blow. He was taken aback that this seemingly ordinary upward sh could lift him into the air.

    ¡°What?!¡± Soral eximed in disbelief. He seemed flustered for a moment as he floated in the air for a second or two.

    This was the effect of the Holy Spirit¡¯sbat system¡¯s forced materialization, or rather, its physical engine. The upward sh had an aerial-effect bonus.

    The streamer yer Murata Swordmaster, who Jiang Qiao knew from before, was also a Swordsman. After the upward sh, he would typically follow up with a flurry of dual-sword strikes, Cross sh, another Flying Swallow sh, upward sh, and Shattering sh¡­ finishing thebo in a satisfying sequence before waiting for the cooldown to attack again.

    Cha Ye had a basic understanding of the Swordsman ss. His other hand quickly conjured a Sword Energy de, a passive skill that Swordsmen acquired upon changing sses. In a rapid dual-swordbo, sparks and shes lit up against Soral¡¯s leg armor within a second.

    Cha Ye should have continued with otherbo skills, but Soral had already regained his bnce in mid-air and swung his sword at Cha Ye.

    Cha Ye quickly stepped back to dodge the attack, and Soralnded back on the ground.

    This was amon scenario in high-level PVP between yers and NPCs. Opponents weren¡¯t dumb; they wouldn¡¯t just let themselves beboed in mid-air until they hit the ground. They sought opportunities to counterattack while in the air.

    As Soralnded, Cha Ye immediately assumed a stance for a quick-draw sh. As the de¡¯s light appeared, Soral, who had anticipated this, raised his knight¡¯s longsword to block and deflect Cha Ye¡¯s katana.

    This was anotherbat system, parry. Most monsters couldn¡¯t parry, only a few elite humanoid monsters could use this skill, and Soral was one of those elite humanoid monsters.

    ¡°Your attack pattern is too immature, using the same move in the same way multiple times. Anyone can see through it at a nce.¡±

    Soral blocked Cha Ye¡¯s strike and immediately kicked him out of the arena.

    ording to the rules, this bout ended with Cha Ye losing again, but Soral, after executing these moves, knelt down partly.

    Because he had internal injuries.

    No matter how parrying, blocking, or deflecting attacks, they couldn¡¯t fully negate the yer¡¯s damage, only reduce it.

    The damage was still dealt, the difference being that the opponent wouldn¡¯t flinch from hits, and the damage would be mitigated by armor and block bonuses.

    This was the overpowering aspect of Holy Spirit yers. They couldn¡¯t care less if you defended; high enough damage could still kill in one blow.

    Cha Ye¡¯s attack wasn¡¯t strong enough to one-shot Soral, but after several encounters with Cha Ye¡¯s quick-draw sh, Soral¡¯s health had dropped by nearly a thousand points.

    This was about a tenth of his health. For yers, it was barely a scratch, but for Soral, a real native, losing a tenth of his life was unbearable.

    Jiang Qiao watched thoughtfully as other Knights helped the wounded Soral away.

    ¡°Hai Lan, summon the Tower Spirit,¡± Jiang Qiao said to Hai Lan beside him.

    ¡°Are you nning to challenge him too?¡±

    Hai Lan felt upset seeing natives from other realms bullying their yers. Though Soral was the one most injured, Cha Ye could just drink an HP potion and continue ranting on the forums, while Soral might need to rest for a day or two before epting another yer¡¯s challenge.

    ¡°No, let the Tower Spirit heal the Knight to full health and have him continue fighting the yers.¡± Jiang Qiao opened the system interface and began editing a quest.

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°Such a good punching bag and PVP instructor shouldn¡¯t be wasted. Also, let¡¯s call a few more Knights. Treat it as a repeatable quest.¡± Jiang Qiao said.

 Chapter 45 - 45 You Think You Can Do It, You Try (Please Recommend!)

    Chapter 45: Chapter 45 You Think You Can Do It, You Try (Please Rmend!)

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Soral refused hispanion¡¯s helping hand, walking down from the ring alone and returning to the camp of the Flowing Water Country.

    ¡°Soral, those so-called saviors of the Holy Spirit are too weak, they couldn¡¯t evenst half a minute under you. If it were me, I¡¯d knock them out with one move.¡±

    A knight carrying a long spear walked up to Soral. He was Gun Knight Kermo, one of the three major knights of the Flowing Water Country, and Soral was the Sword Knight, another of the three.

    The three major knights of the Flowing Water Country symbolized the highest level of martial skill in the entire country, and they were a source of great pride for the Flowing Water Country.

    ¡°You can go up and try it yourself.¡±

    Soral removed his helmet, revealing a somewhat stern square face, and did not show a friendly expression to the frivolous Gun Knight.

    ¡°With the childish fighting style of those saviors, let alone one, I could handle three in a row without a problem.¡±

    In the eyes of the Gun Knight, the fight between Soral and Cha Ye was like an adult fighting a child. Cha Ye only had shy swordsmanship and skills, but in front of the battle-hardened Soral, he was far inferior in terms ofbat awareness, seizing opportunities, and application of moves.

    ¡°Then why don¡¯t you go?¡± Soral asked again.

    ¡°Because you are injured.¡± The Gun Knight knelt down slightly in front of Soral, observing his old friend. ¡°I¡¯m curious, that savior¡¯s weapon hit your body no more than four times, but by the end of the fourth battle, you looked extremely weak, as if suffering from severe¡­ internal injuries.¡±

    ¡°That swordsman possessed a strange power.¡± Soral pondered for a while but finally decided to share his experience with the Gun Knight. ¡°Every time his sword hit me, I felt a portion of my¡­ life force draining away.¡±

    ¡°Life force?¡± This was the first time the Gun Knight had heard such a term.

    ¡°It¡¯s the only way I can describe it. It felt like his sword could devour life, and no matter how I blocked it, every hit made me feel a bit of my life force slipping away,¡± Soral said, feeling a shiver of fear as he spoke.

    The recent battle was just a sparring match, but if it had been a real fight, just the unreasonable ability to ¡®ignore armor and blocking, directly cutting into one¡¯s life force¡¯ would have been enough to nearly kill Soral.

    In realbat, armor couldpletely negate enemy damage as long as the enemy¡¯s de couldn¡¯t cut through it. However, to the yer, Soral¡¯s armor only provided a defense bonus.

    ¡°Sword Qi?¡± The Gun Knight thought of an ancient term. ¡°I saw that savior conjure a sword de made of Magic Power with his other hand. Maybe he learned a kind of Magic that directly erodes the body?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not Sword Qi. It¡¯s a power I can¡¯t describe. Every one of those beings called Holy Spirits¡­ possesses it.¡± Soral was certain that whatever was draining his life was not some form of Magic.

    ¡°Is this special power the reason they are considered saviors?¡± the Gun Knight asked again.

    ¡°It¡¯s not just this power. Some of their attacks have special abilities. Like that upward sh just now, how did that slender longsword make me float in the air¡­ and if I didn¡¯t counterattack, I would have stayed in the air for a long time,¡± Soral said, increasingly finding thebat abilities of the Holy Spirits to be eerily terrifying, entirely defying thews of physics.

    ¡°But theirbat awareness is as childish as a child¡¯s.¡±

    The Gun Knight still believed that thebat prowess of the Holy Spirits was nothing to be concerned about. Just looking at Cha Ye¡¯s performance, one move from the Gun Knight would be enough to kill him.

    ¡°So, Lord Kermo, it¡¯s your turn to test the strength of the Holy Spirits.¡±

    The old Mage approached the two knights. His pupils had already turned a light gold color. The two knights performed a knight¡¯s salute as soon as they saw him, though Soral¡¯s internal injuries made his movements somewhat twisted.

    Pale golden Magic Power flowed from the old Mage¡¯s fingertips into Soral¡¯s body, and Soral felt his lost life force and battle fatigue quickly recover.

    ¡°This is a friendly exchange, but you need not hold back. I will heal the wounds and fatigue of you and your knights. If you think you are stronger than the Holy Spirits, show them what you¡¯ve got,¡± the old Mage said as the rest area outside the Tower of Trial began to tremble slightly, and fifteen rings slowly ascended.

    ¡°Very well, I hope there are warriors among these great saviors who can excite me,¡± the Gun Knight said as he walked towards the ring where Soral had just fought.

    And at that moment, yers in the Tower of Trial received a quest notification.

    ¡®Trial Quest: Provocation from the Otherworldly Knights. This is a challenge letter from the Otherworldly Knights. They believe the Holy Spirits are too weak. Great Holy Spirits, use your strength to crush the arrogance of these Otherworldly Knights. Quest Reward: Different numbers of Magic Stones based on the knights¡¯ levels, and the Magic Stone Jackpot System will be unlocked.¡¯

    Jiang Qiao had turned this trial quest into a gamble. yers could put the Magic Stones they won into the jackpot when challenging a knight.

    The different levels and difficulties of the knights had different odds. The odds for defeating the Gun Knight Kaimo¡¯er, now standing in the ring, were 2.3 times, and beating him would also earn an additional 500 Magic Stones.

    An additional 500 Magic Stones were enough to exchange for a regr costume from the fairy merchant, which would normally take yers four to five days of grinding.

    Such a generous reward naturally immediately caught the attention of the yers outside the Tower of Trial.

    ¡°Did the developers release this quest because we were grinding so hard?¡±

    ¡°Honestly, I¡¯ve always thought the Holy Spirit devs had a conscience.¡±

    ¡°Conscience my foot! I haven¡¯t slept for five days for the rainbow unicorn headpiece! Not to mention the rainbow unicorn outfit. Wait, you can bet on this quest?¡±

    ¡°I smell a conspiracy. I won¡¯t gamble. If I do, I¡¯m a dog.¡±

    Jiang Qiao watched as a group of yers gathered around the Gun Knight¡¯s ring. A bubbling dark purple Magic Stone jackpot had already appeared beside the ring.

    yers needed to put their Magic Stones into the jackpot, and after winning against the Gun Knight, they could get a 2.3 times reward of Magic Stones¡­

    These cunning yers wouldn¡¯t bet easily, since their Magic Stones were hard-earned over the past few days. The jackpot was obviously a trap by the developers to trick yers out of their Magic Stones.

    But the yers were also gamblers, or rather, all yers were gamblers. While the hardcore grinders were still hesitating, a yer named Silver Bullet threw a hundred Magic Stones into the jackpot and then immediately got onto the ring.

    ¡°Damn! Silver Bullet! Didn¡¯t you say you¡¯d be a dog if you gambled again?¡± Silver Bullet¡¯s friend cursed when he saw him get onto the ring, realizing he couldn¡¯t challenge the Gun Knight now.

    ¡°A dog it is. Unlike you, who grind and pay, I¡¯d rather gamble and win big! Besides, this NPC doesn¡¯t look as tough as thest one.¡±

    Silver Bullet wore a ck trench coat and a ck hat. His ss was the elegantly shy Wanderer Gunslinger, a subss focused on gun-fighting techniques. He summoned two revolvers as he stepped onto the ring.

    The first thing he did was buff himself. The Wanderer Gunslinger had a buff called Death Revolver, which slightly increased physical damage. Silver Bullet snapped his fingers, and a buff progress bar appeared on his forehead.

    Gun Knight Kermo wasn¡¯t a dumb NPC. He enteredbat mode the moment his enemy stepped onto the ring, still wary of any terrifying moves this Holy Spirit might have.

    But who knew Silver Bullet would expose himself, doing a cool pose? The Gun Knight didn¡¯t miss this opportunity. He gripped his long spear tightly, red runes appeared on its surface, and in the next second, he threw it, piercing Silver Bullet¡¯s heart just as he finished buffing himself.

    ¡°Damn it.¡± The Gun Knight hadn¡¯t expected the Holy Spirit to have no defense at all. Despite their weakbat awareness, they were supposed to be saviors. Killing one by mistake would be¡­ troublesome.

    He had indeed pierced Silver Bullet with his spear. A damage value of -1389 appeared above Silver Bullet¡¯s head, and his body couldn¡¯t withstand the spear¡¯s force, being pushed out of the ring.

    Gun Knight Kermo was victorious.

    A giant rune appeared on the ring.

    That was all it took to win? The Gun Knight couldn¡¯t believe it. Were these guys really called warriors? They had no battlefield awareness!

    While the Gun Knight was lost in thought, Silver Bullet, who had been pierced through the heart by his spear, stood up. The spear still protruded from his chest.

    But even in this state, Silver Bullet started chatting andughing with his friend.

    ¡°This NPC doesn¡¯t y by the rules! I was just buffing myself when he used his killing move,¡± Silver Bulletined.

    ¡°Do other yers give you time to buff in the PK arena? And why is the spear still in your chest? Do projectiles stay on yers this long? Weird, it even has physical collision.¡± His friend touched the crimson spear.

    ¡°It feels real. Can I use it to hit people?¡± Silver Bullet, being casual, even spun around, swinging the spear at his friend¡¯s face.

    The Gun Knight watched this scene, his forehead twitching. Their hearts were pierced, yet they chatted casually. Were these Holy Spirits monsters?

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    Monsters or not, they were still too weak.

    With a flick of his hand, the crimson spear turned into particles and returned to his grip.

    This spear was one of the sacred artifacts of the Flowing Water Country.

    ¡°Next!¡± The Gun Knight loudly called out to all the watching yers below.

 Chapter 46 - 46 Can fight another 10

    Chapter 46: Chapter 46 Can fight another 10

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    The Gun Knight thrust his crimson long spear through the neck gap of a fully armored Shield Warrior professional yer¡­ in the crevice of the armor¡¯s neck.

    As the spear pierced down, a -723 damage popped out, and the yer turned into light particle fragments drifting outside the stage.

    ¡°Too weak! Next one!¡±

    The Gun Knight flicked his long spear, this was already his fourteenth kill of the sacred spirits.

    Of the fourteen battles, fewer than four spirits couldst more than a minute under his hands, and almost none couldst two minutes.

    The fourteen battles also allowed the Gun Knight to understand the general abilities of these spirits: firstly, even if they suffered fatal injuries, they would turn into light particles and drift to the bottom of the arena, being judged as the Gun Knight¡¯s victory.

    Secondly, even if the yers hit him and weakened his life with that special power, after a battle ended, he would receive special healing power, which not only restored his life but also his vigor.

    This made the Gun Knight more unrestrained in his attacks.

    The Gun Knight¡¯sbat style was primarily based on speed; no matter howrge the skills cast by the yers, the divine attire of the spirits beneath them was just a modern person living in a city. Their reaction ability was hard to keep up with the Gun Knight¡¯s movements.

    In contrast, the Gun Knight had gone through countless brutal battlefields, training in martial arts every day to strengthen himself with Magic Power.

    Combat awareness and reaction speed are skills that yers cannotpensate for.

    ¡°Is no one daring to challenge anymore?¡± The Gun Knight shouted, discovering that no one had stepped onto this arena for a long time, though the number of yers below was increasing, most were just standing by and watching.

    No matter how the Gun Knight shouted, the yers below seemed to not hear, but the Gun Knight could hear their variousints.

    ¡°I understand! This NPC was brought by the developers to trick us out of Magic Stones! Impossible to win!¡±

    ¡°An NPC that can¡¯t be knocked airborne, parries every move, how do we fight it, with attack speed like a ghost.¡±

    ¡°Silver Bullet, why don¡¯t you go again and bet? The reward in the Magic Stone prize pool has risen to six thousand pieces.¡±

    Before, a friend of Silver Bullet whispered to him.

    The rewards in the Magic Stone prize pool would umte as yers invested Magic Stones. As long as one yer won against the Gun Knight, they would win the entire six thousand Magic Stones.

    These six thousand pieces could directly be exchanged for the Rainbow Unicorn three-piece series and still have leftovers.

    ¡°No bets, no bets, betting again would be ruinous, let¡¯s go instancing.¡± Silver Bullet heartened at the idea but knew you needed the skill to take it.

    The yers were all clear-eyed, having seen from the fourteen battles just how strong this NPC Gun Knight was. Maybe in a group assault, he could be taken down, but solo really required skill.

    The Gun Knight could vaguely understand the yers¡¯nguage, but some words he couldn¡¯tprehend. However, hearing their discussions mistakenly made him believe they were afraid.

    ¡°Do you not have stronger warriors?¡± The Gun Knight raised his voice again, still no one answered.

    ¡°I¡¯m going to the forums to curse the developers; this NPC is tantly cheating.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve uploaded the recorded video to Youtud Danmu Net, you can use it as evidence.¡±

    ¡°What¡¯s the video serial number?¡±

    ¡°21452.¡±

    Jiang Qiao listened on the side to the yers¡¯ discussions and directly used the Tiangong browser tool to open Youtud Danmu Net, the most popr video site worldwide.

    ording to the serial number reported by the yers, Jiang Qiao found the video, titled ¡°Latest VR Game ¡®Spirits¡¯ Super Strong NPC Battle, can anyone really win?¡±. The video uploader¡¯s ID was ¡®Frontline Reporter,¡¯ a very popr video creator with one hundred twenty-three thousand followers.

    This creator had ten or so videos of Spirits, mostly ordinary gamey recordings, from her level one exploits to now being a level twenty-five Assassin.

    She should be among the second batch of yers who entered Spirits.

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    Jiang Qiao nced at a yer with the ID Frontline Reporter. From her outfit, she appeared to be a female assassin and intentionally made her skin deep purple, resembling a dark elf.

    Spirits recently had high online attention; four out of the top ten videos in the game section of Youtud Danmu Net were rted to Spirits, and this created video had surged to the tenth ce.

    Jiang Qiao clicked in; the video was about half an hour long, from Silver Bullet first to thest yer ID¡¯d as Red Coat Shield Warrior. Each battle was excellently recorded by the Frontline Reporter.

    This was also thanks to the Tiangong tform¡¯s excellent recording system.

    Jiang Qiao nced at the barrage, readingints like ¡®This NPC is cheating,¡¯ ¡®Can anyone beat him?,¡¯ ¡®I need an auto-aim,¡¯ and ¡®Developer¡¯s trap NPC for reiming Magic Stones.¡¯

    A fourteen-game losing streak indeed hurt morale, and Jiang Qiao could feel the yers¡¯ resentment seeping through the screen.

    Although not all barragementators were Spirits yers, if the sentiment that ¡®the developers set an invincible NPC to scavenge yer Magic Stones¡¯ caught on, Jiang Qiao felt it would be tricky.

    Jiang Qiao decided to find a professional yer.

    If regr yers couldn¡¯t beat the Gun Knight technically, what about professional yers?

    Jiang Qiao sent a message to Zhao Mingwei; it was nine in the evening, and Zhao Mingwei was still training but showed interest in this NPC, saying he would log on soon.

    Professional yers in this world were different from past PC game professional yers.

    Besides regr game training, they also underwent physical and reaction speed training,parable to professional athletes.

    Ten minutester, Jiang Qiao¡¯s back was patted by someone.

    ¡°Here, is this the strongest PVP NPC you mentioned?¡±

    Zhao Mingwei¡¯s character appeared behind Jiang Qiao; he was now level thirty-three, roughly keeping up with the first tier.

    ¡°I¡¯m not sure if he¡¯s the strongest, but fourteen people have already been beaten into seclusion by him. You¡­ won¡¯t be the fifteenth, right?¡± Although Jiang Qiao had called Zhao Mingwei, he still felt unsure.

    ¡°Let¡¯s try.¡±

    Zhao Mingwei walked towards the arena; the Gun Knight¡¯s formidable power deterred others from promptly challenging. As Zhao Mingwei approached, the recently defeated Shield Warrior Red Coat blocked him.

    ¡°Friend, that guy¡¯s a bit uncanny. You, a cloth armor ss, should be careful.¡± Red Coat saw Zhao Mingwei looked like a newbie onlooker.

    ¡°I watched the prior videos. With agility above forty points, you can dodge. Though my primary attribute is intelligence, I have forty-one points of agility, no problem.¡±

    Zhao Mingwei never fought unprepared; beforeing, he had watched the Gun Knight¡¯s battle videos on his phone.

    Spirits corrected yers¡¯bat styles based on attributes; agility influenced movement and attack speed, but yer reactions had to be practiced in reality.

    Even with over a hundred agility points, a slow reflex assassin couldn¡¯t utilize them.

    Seeing Zhao Mingwei¡¯s confidence, Red Coat didn¡¯t block him. Zhao Mingwei stepped onto the arena under the gaze of thirty or so yers.

    ¡°You? Challenging me with no weapon or armor?¡±

    The Gun Knight stared at Zhao Mingwei; his appearance was that of a Chinese-style monk, wearing a half-body kasaya, with his left arm marked with a qi pattern exposed, and long ck hair tied in a ponytail hanging behind.

    In the Gun Knight¡¯s eyes, this outfit on the battlefield was¡­ suicidal! Not onlycking protection but such long clothing was a hindrance to movement.

    ¡°My weapon is here.¡± Zhao Mingwei swung his fist weapon, a level 30 purple-quality item.

    ¡°Your fists? You think fists can beat my spear?¡± The Gun Knight smiled, not with disdain but genuinely amused by Zhao Mingwei¡¯s jest. But hisughter soon stopped, and he grew serious. ¡°Thene and try!¡±

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    Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Why Fight with Me?

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    The Gun Knight, as he had used against those Holy Spirits before, threw hisnce the moment the duel began.

    All the Holy Spirits made some strange gestures when they entered the stage. The Gun Knight didn¡¯t know what they meant, but he knew it was an opportunity.

    Many Holy Spirits were instantly killed by the Gun Knight while posing. After he had consecutively killed five or six Holy Spirits, the subsequent Holy Spirits became smarter, knowing to find an opportunity before casting their buffs.

    Zhao Mingwei was different. He immediately made a half-praying gesture in front of his chest. The Gun Knight judged that he was posing too!

    But Zhao Mingwei was not casting buffs with this move, he was casting Telekinesis Energy Shield!

    A semi-transparent energy shield was released, centered on Zhao Mingwei. This skill could absorb a certain amount of damage and would shatter if it exceeded its capacity.

    Thence thrown by the Gun Knight hit Zhao Mingwei¡¯s Telekinesis Energy Shield, shattering it into pieces. The Gun Knight¡¯snce was also deflected high up into the air.

    Zhao Mingwei took advantage of this opportunity to cast three core buffs for the Mind Energy Master.

    Wind Breath!

    Telekinesis Beast¡¤Dragon Tiger Roar!

    Telekinesis Energy Surrounding!

    The three buffs were released within 1.5 seconds. At the same moment, the Gun Knight summoned hisnce back and charged straight at Zhao Mingwei.

    This was also a fatal move. Most Holy Spirits couldn¡¯t react in time and would be pierced through by the Gun Knight.

    But Zhao Mingwei reacted. He twisted his foot and sidestepped with less than one centimeter of error, dodging the Gun Knight¡¯s stab¡­

    Zhao Mingwei could have dodged further, but he turned not to dodge the attack, but to counter!

    As the Gun Knight was about to adjust his stance to pursue, Zhao Mingwei kicked him directly.

    This kick had a skill judgment, a side kick.

    It¡¯s amon floating skill for Fighters. Zhao Mingwei¡¯s side kick was precise, kicking the weakest part of the Gun Knight¡¯s armor at the waist, making him float uncontrobly into the air.

    As he floated up, he swung hisnce for a sweep to easily break the floating state.

    But Zhao Mingwei bowed his head, dodging the Gun Knight¡¯s sweep at the cost of his ck hair being cut by the crimsonnce. The next second, heunched a crushing punch, followed by a series of attacks imbued with Telekinesis Beast¡¤Dragon Tiger Roar.

    The virtual shadow of a dragon and tiger apanied Zhao Mingwei¡¯s fists as they struck the Gun Knight¡¯s armor, emitting a piercing thunder sound. The Gun Knight felt like he had been hit by Thunder Magic. Though slightly paralyzed, it didn¡¯t hinder his movements.

    After four continuous strikes, the Gun Knight adjusted his posture and used hisnce to block Zhao Mingwei¡¯s fifth punch, then pushed thence forward to create distance and break free from the floating state. But¡­ Zhao Mingwei simultaneouslynded a side kick on the Gun Knight¡¯snce again.

    The side kick hit thence, and the Gun Knight felt a nauseating gravity force, throwing him even higher than before.

    The Gun Knight changed his strategy. As he floated up, he thrust hisnce into the ground to jump backward using the force.

    He sessfully escaped Zhao Mingwei¡¯s attack range, but as hended, a face-sized Telekinesis Energy Wave hit him directly, covering his face.

    The destructive telekinesis scattered across the Gun Knight¡¯s face, leaving his skin charred ck. This thoroughly enraged him. His crimsonnce emitted a dazzling light, shattering the ground, and arge number of magic-formednces pierced towards Zhao Mingwei.

    Zhao Mingwei sensed something moving on the ground and leaped into the air, but making him jump was exactly the Gun Knight¡¯s intention.

    ¡°Die!¡± The Gun Knight¡¯s crimsonnce drew a red arc, piercing towards Zhao Mingwei in mid-air. He had no way to leverage anything mid-air, so this strike should¡¯ve been unavoidable.

    But to Zhao Mingwei, the iingnce was a leverage point. A glow formed under his foot from telekinesis.

    Hawk Step!

    Zhao Mingwei had less than 0.1 seconds to react, but he urately stepped onto the Gun Knight¡¯s iingnce, with the system also giving a new judgment.

    See Through!

    The Gun Knight felt an immense weight far exceeding Zhao Mingwei¡¯s body pressing down on his hand, as if a giant mammoth were on thence head. The enormous weight made thence uncontrobly plunge into the ground.

    Thence head stabbed into the ground, causing numerous cracks around it.

    Zhao Mingwei alsonded, but his foot was on the Gun Knight¡¯snce shaft.

    This scene made the Gun Knight feel humiliated; having his attack trampled down by the enemy was the epitome of disgrace.

    In anger, the Gun Knight pulled hisnce from the ground. Just as he was about to counterattack, Zhao Mingwei delivered another side kick to his body.

    Gan ni niang!

    As the Gun Knight floated in mid-air again, he suddenly recalled what the Holy Spirits he had previously ughtered would say before being killed by him.

    For the first time, he felt the spirits¡¯ special attacks were so disgustingly overpowered.

    Though he shouted ¡°Gan ni niang,¡± Zhao Mingwei didn¡¯t hold back. His punches enhanced by Dragon Tiger Roar hit the gaps in the Gun Knight¡¯s armor, sending telekinesis energy into the Gun Knight¡¯s body, making him feel like he was about to explode.

    The Gun Knight reused his trick, stabbing hisnce into the ground to escape the floating state. But Zhao Mingwei anticipated this. Within 0.3 seconds, Zhao Mingwei kicked the Gun Knight¡¯snce, then delivered another side kick after the cooldown ended.

    The Gun Knight floated even higher into the air with a look of hopelessness.

    Why fight with me?!

    After a series of suppression attacks, a thought suddenly popped into Zhao Mingwei¡¯s mind.

    This elite NPCcked invincibility, forced discement, and any skills like self-destruct on recovery. How could hepete with a yer who had floatingbos, blocks, See Through, deflections, and other system aids?

    It made no sense¡­

    Zhao Mingwei, being a Mind Energy Master, had no blocking or deflecting skills. Only weapon-using sses like Swordsman, Assassin, and Knights had those. Fighters using gauntlets and ws had deflection judgments but in turn had a system called See Through. Zhao Mingwei rarely used it against monsters, as those big creatures were unreasonable.

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    But against this humanoid NPC, Zhao Mingwei also rarely used it¡­ Because most humanoid NPCs in the Holy Spirit carried invincibility and float negations, self-destruct afterbos, and other troublesome skills.

    But this elite NPC had none of those! As long as Zhao Mingwei dodged his attacks, he couldbo himfortably.

    Only if he could dodge the Gun Knight¡¯s counterattacks in the floating state, which most yers couldn¡¯t, but Zhao Mingwei could, easily.

    Once this was understood, it turned into a one-sided thrashing. The Gun Knight had few chances to counterattack.

    In the end, the Gun Knight sessfully escaped the floating state, jumping back and trying to counterattack with magic-formednces. But as hended, instead of a telekic punch to the face, Zhao Mingwei let out a ¡°heh,¡± his voice transforming into a roaring lion, causing the Gun Knight to be dizzy.

    Zhao Mingwei seized the opportunity to execute a throw maneuver, hurling the poor Gun Knight out of the ring.

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    Chapter 48: Chapter 48 Thoughts After Defeat

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    The Gun Knight stood outside the arena, holding his long spear, stunned for about one and a half seconds.

    It wasn¡¯t until he shook off the dizziness that he realized he had fallen out of the arena andnded on the grass beside it.

    ¡°Damn it!¡± He used his long spear to support himself as he tried to charge back, but Soral, who had been standing by the arena, put a hand on his shoulder and forcefully pressed him down.

    ¡°Kermo, you¡­ have already lost,¡± said Soral.

    ¡°I¡­¡± The Gun Knight wanted to argue, but the internal injuries caused by the Mind Energy invading his body made him ache all over. His face was also covered with ck burns from the Mind Energy Cannon.

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    Tarin summoned a Holy Light to restore the Gun Knight¡¯s lost vitality, and the wounds on his face began to heal slowly.

    ¡°How do you feel?¡±

    Soral turned to look at the arena. The Mind Energy surrounding Zhao Mingwei and the virtual image of a dragon and tiger behind him gradually dissipated with a gust of wind. Zhao Mingwei made a respectful half-sped gesture towards Soral, then silently walked toward the yers who were in a state of frenzy.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know; his power is very strange. It seems like Thunder Magic but also doesn¡¯t. When I was hit by the energy aggregate formed by his power, it felt like I was struck by lightning. And thatst roar seemed more like Spirit Magic,¡± the Gun Knight pondered the nature of Zhao Mingwei¡¯s power.

    ¡°That¡¯s not what I was asking. Among the fifteen Spirit Beings you fought, each had unique powers. Fire Magic, Frost Magic, and Thunder Magic are rtively normal. But there¡¯s also blood maniption, magical sword formation, summoning giant alchemical weapons, hardening their bodies, and even necromancy¡­ Each of them masteredpletely different powers, but¡­¡±

    Soral looked around. The techniques and powers used by the fourteen Spirit Beings varied greatly, with only a few being simr.

    ¡°I know what you¡¯re trying to say,¡± said the Gun Knight, watching Zhao Mingwei¡¯s departing figure. ¡°He is a true warrior, unlike those who seem like babies freshly out of their mothers¡¯ arms. That guy has experienced as many battles as any of us. Even if I fought him again, I couldn¡¯t be sure I¡¯d win.¡±

    ¡°There might be other powerful warriors among those Spirit Beings. Even if they don¡¯t have his level ofbat awareness and instinct, the ones you call ¡®babies¡¯ also have great potential to grow,¡± said Soral.

    ¡°You mean¡­¡± The Gun Knight began to guess what the Knight responsible for training in the Flowing Water Country was thinking.

    ¡°The prophecy says they are saviors summoned by the gods, but they also have their own thoughts and¡­ desires. Having desires means they can be hired. I heard through their conversations that what they need now are magic stones.¡±

    While the Gun Knight fought with the Spirit Beings, Soral had been observing their reactions. Some of their behaviors puzzled Soral, but when the Gun Knight killed a Spirit Being, they would enter a state of dejection over the loss of their magic stones.

    ¡°Magic stones? What use do they have for those?¡± To the Gun Knight, magic stones were a rather useless material, only useful to that bunch of Mages.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know. I¡¯ve already sent someone to investigate,¡± said Soral, drawing his longsword and stepping onto the arena. ¡°But our current mission is to fight them until the end of days.¡±

    ¡°Just the right time to educate a few kids.¡±

    The Gun Knight, with no grace, walked onto the arena. Zhao Mingwei had already stepped down, but the next toe up was a Shield Warrior named Mo Shigui.

    ¡­¡­

    Happy Game Victory!

    As these words formed from inscriptions appeared on the arena, the yers below erupted in cheers¡­ments like ¡°other people¡¯s game¡± ¡°such fast fists¡± ¡°what kind of moves are these¡± were heard.

    Jiang Qiao could see expression bubbles floating from the foreheads of some yers, including little yellow faces celebrating and expressions of surprise, as well as seals patting their bellies.

    These were two sets of emoticons that Spirit Beings could currently disy: the default yellow faces, and the special seal series added by Jiang Qiao.

    Listening to the apuse behind him and seeing the multitude of emoticons, some yers even used small celebratory items like confetti and fireworks, making the entire scene look like a carnival.

    In response, Zhao Mingwei raised his fist and gave a small wave, then stepped down from the arena. As soon as he stepped down, he was surrounded by the watching yers.

    ¡°What ss are you using, Great God?¡±

    ¡°How did you do thosebo moves andnding that stomp urately? When I was up, I couldn¡¯t even see the NPC¡¯s moves clearly.¡±

    Unable to answer all their questions one by one, Zhao Mingwei chose the most critical one to answer.

    ¡°The ss is Mind Energy Master, a subss of Qi Refiner. The transfer conditions are having an intelligence of over two hundred and fifty and fifteen points in charisma. The transfer task is a bit difficult, and this ss is a cloth-armor melee profession, so I don¡¯t rmend it for beginners. Actually, Qi Refiner is also very strong.¡±

    He didn¡¯t treat his profession as something exclusive to be hidden from others.

    During this period, he had been studying the ss system of the Spirit Beings and found that the subss system actually followed certain patterns. For instance, the Mind Energy Master seemed like a Qi Refiner who gave up strength bonuses and invested entirely in intelligence as a magic-based melee profession.

    The downside was being low on health and defense, making it easy to be killed instantly.

    After he finished speaking, he saw arge number of friend requests appear before him. He thought for a moment and then decided to ept them all, cing them in the ¡°received messages but no notifications¡± category.

    ¡°I have something to do in reality,¡± Zhao Mingwei said, his gaze passing over the crowd to Jiang Qiao, who was standing outside.

    Jiang Qiao was standing outside the crowd, gently pping for Zhao Mingwei. Zhao Mingwei smiled, raised his hand and made an OK gesture, then his figure turned into light and logged off.Update by n0vgo. co

    It was now six in the evening. Zhao Mingwei had taken time from his training to help Jiang Qiao¡­ or rather, to regain the game spirit for all the Spirit Beings yers.

    After leaving a message to Jiang Qiao saying ¡°Remember to log in tonight at midnight for the dungeon run¡±, Zhao Mingwei¡¯s figure turned into light and logged off.

    ¡°This task can proceed smoothly now,¡± Jiang Qiao said, looking at the knights of Flowing Water Country appearing on the fifteen arenas in the distance. The Gun Knight and Sword Knight were still seen by yers as machines made by evil nners to swallow yer magic stones, but they were not unbeatable. They required experts or top-tier technical skills, and the difficulty of other knights was slightly lower.

    In short, the yers were aware that this challenge from the Otherworldly Knights wasn¡¯t a task for newbies, and defeating any of the knights meant they could boast to their friends, forums, and even on social media for days.

    This was the yers¡¯ glory, defeating a boss or elite monster capable of driving other yers to despair, and doing it under everyone¡¯s watch. The sense of achievement and swagger was addictive for many.

    As Jiang Qiao contemted his next move, a light purple figure suddenly appeared in his view.

    ¡°Hello, may I interview you?¡± An assassin yer with the ID ¡°Frontline Reporter¡± ran up to Jiang Qiao and asked.

 Chapter 49 - 49 The Coming Change

    Chapter 49: Chapter 49 The Coming Change

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Interview? I¡¯m not being modest¡­ I¡¯m just a small-time Summoner watching. What¡¯s there to interview about?

    ¡°About the fun game?¡± Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t y dumb. Earlier, when Zhao Mingwei was going up to the ring, he specifically patted Jiang Qiao on the shoulder.

    Anyone who saw this knew that Jiang Qiao knew Zhao Mingwei.

    ¡°Yeah! I saw him greet you before he went up to the ring. And even though the ¡®fun game¡¯ character he ys is a Mind Energy Master, he¡¯s basically following the path of a fighter.¡±

    The frontline reporter, as she spoke, actually had a small notebook and pen in hand, jotting things down. In this virtual online game, instead of typing on a keyboard, she used a notebook and pen¡­ Should Jiang Qiao say that she¡¯s into a retro style?

    But as she was taking notes, she kept chattering away about her opinions.

    ¡°Some of the skills he used are basic skills from ¡®Holy Spirit,¡¯ but you can see traces of ¡®Dispute¡¯ in hisbat style. His reaction speed is not something an ordinary yer can achieve. He¡¯s probably at the professional level. There are about five or six professional gamers who use fighter characters in ¡®Dispute¡¯¡­¡±

    You¡¯ve already deduced he¡¯s a professional yer? Miss, you should be a detective, not a reporter.

    Jiang Qiao quietly listened from the side, contemting whether to log off directly when she suddenly stepped forward, forcing Jiang Qiao to take a step back.

    ¡°Can I join your guild?¡± She pointed at the symbol of the Anonymous Guild under Jiang Qiao¡¯s ID.

    ¡°Uh, I built this guild as a friends-and-family guild, not one that¡¯s open to outsiders,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°Then can I add you as a friend?¡± Her thought process was lightning fast. ¡°That way we¡¯d be friends! If that¡¯s not possible, we can run a few instances together!¡±

    ¡°I added you. I have things to do today.¡±

    Jiang Qiao proactively sent a friend request, just to get rid of this reporter who seemed to smell big news. The friend request was quickly epted by her.

    And Jiang Qiao quietly put her in the ¡°Receive Messages but Don¡¯t Notify¡± group.

    ¡°When are you running an instance?¡± the frontline reporter asked again.

    ¡°Tomorrow,¡± Jiang Qiao made up a time casually, and then began to chant a spell to return to the main city.

    ¡°Tomorrow? Specifically when tomorrow?¡±

    Before the frontline reporter could follow up, Jiang Qiao¡¯s recall spell finished its cast. His figure turned into light and disappeared from the Tower of Trial, reappearing on the streets of Lionheart City.

    ¡°What do you n to do next?¡±

    Hai Lan, in her usual ghostly form, followed beside Jiang Qiao. Now, the development in ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ was gradually stabilizing. New yers were pouring into Lionheart City every day, and yers at every level were exploring new instances.

    The ¡®Otherworldly Knight¡¯s Provocation¡¯ task might just be able to raise the yers¡¯ skills to a new level.

    ¡°Go greet your god-like ne¡¯s believers.¡± Jiang Qiao walked towards the direction of the Astrology Tower. ¡°Actually, it¡¯s just reconnaissance to see what¡¯s going on with your ne so I can n the instance event happening 14 days from now.¡±

    As Jiang Qiao walked into the Astrology Tower, the Heavenly Pce gaming tform¡¯s tool reminded him that he had received a text message from the real world.

    The text was from his father, Qiao An, and it was straightforward: ¡°I¡¯ve seeded. You will soon enter the era of three-dimensional projection gaming!¡±

    ¡°This efficiency is faster than I expected. I should get to work too.¡± Jiang Qiao reached the top floor of the Astrology Tower and opened the star chart.

    Hai Lan¡¯s god-like ne fragment was still slowly floating towards the ce where the Tower of Trial was located.

    ¡­¡­

    Nighttime, King¡¯s Landing Esports Club.

    Zhao Mingwei finished a whole day of training. He sat in a chair, watching a video ranked fifth in the game section on UTube bullet screen. The title of the video was ¡°Gun Knight Gets Defeated and Shuts Down, God-Level yer¡¯s Operations.¡±

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    Recently, there were more and more ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ videos on UTube bullet screen. Zhao Mingwei believed an important reason was that itsbat was highly watchable. He hadn¡¯t unlocked all of the Mind Energy Master¡¯s skills yet, but the battles in this video were already on par with a special effects movie led by a top-notch martial arts director.

    But as apetitor to ¡®Holy Spirit,¡¯ ¡®Dispute¡¯ was also quite watchable¡­ During these seven years, Zhao Mingwei had seen many new games promising to surpass ¡®Dispute¡¯ in status, but most ended up fading into obscurity.

    Zhao Mingwei believed ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ had this potential, but he couldn¡¯t be sure¡­

    ¡°Mingwei.¡±

    Lin Xi appeared from behind Zhao Mingwei, handing over today¡¯s dinner.

    ¡°Is there something from the higher-ups again?¡± Zhao Mingwei knew that when Lin Xi brought him food at this time, there was definitely some extra task from the club higher-ups.

    ¡°An advertisement. You have to shoot a new ad today and tomorrow.¡± Lin Xi pulled a chair to sit beside Zhao Mingwei, saying, ¡°I¡¯ve heard that the star yers from other clubs are going too.¡±

    ¡°Not star yers, but the most popr ones, right?¡± Zhao Mingwei knew his current y in ¡®Dispute¡¯ had declined, no longer at the top tier. But the power of ¡®Mind Energy¡¯ in ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ had allowed him to regain his peak state.

    ¡°Right, it¡¯s an official ¡®Dispute¡¯ ad. Quite a few familiar faces from the four major teams are going,¡± Lin Xi said.

    ¡°An official ad? The eighth season still has half a year left, doesn¡¯t it?¡± Zhao Mingwei knew that to mobilize so many professional yers for an ad, it was probably for the season promotional video of ¡®Dispute.¡¯

    ¡°Not a season promo! Let me tell you! ¡®Dispute¡¯ officials are nning something big.¡± Lin Xi lowered his voice. ¡°It seems like future matches will use three-dimensional projection.¡±

    ¡°Three-dimensional projection?¡± Zhao Mingwei was a bit taken aback by the term, something he thought only existed in sci-fi movies. ¡°Is that actually invented?¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know. But ¡®Dispute¡¯ officials are using it for their ad. If three-dimensional projectiones into y, future ¡®Dispute¡¯ matches will reach a whole new level of poprity,¡± Lin Xi said, noticing Zhao Mingwei¡¯s contemtive expression. He hesitated but eventually added, ¡°Although ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ is a good game, its recognition still can¡¯t match ¡®Dispute,¡¯ and it has fewer yers. Mingwei, to be honest, you can y ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ as a game, but don¡¯t consider it for a career.¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t.¡±

    Zhao Mingwei was already somewhat tired of the career of a professional yer. ying ¡®Dispute¡¯ was his job, but ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ was his entertainment outside of work.

    It was needless to say which game he preferred more. Zhao Mingwei still hoped ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ could surpass ¡®Dispute¡¯ in poprity.

    But as a globally top-tier online game, ¡®Dispute¡¯s¡¯ professional league was booming. Even if some yers were no longer active, they would still follow the game through the professional league, a reflection of yer sentiment.

    The emergence of three-dimensional projection would undoubtedly push ¡®Dispute¡¯s¡¯ professional league to unprecedented heights. But what about ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯? This game was still in the slow early stages of development, with server poptions hovering around five thousand.

    ¡°There¡¯s no need topare it with ¡®Dispute.''¡±

    As Zhao Mingwei thought about this, he looked out the window, faintly seeing the colorful Jiang City food street in the distance.

    Since the Abyss Hunt event in Jiang City, Zhao Mingwei had a feeling that¡­ ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ mightpletely change everyone¡¯s lifestyle in the future.

 Chapter 50 - 50 - No Negotiation

    Chapter 50: Chapter 50 ¨C No Negotiation

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Jiang Qiao did not go to Hai Lan¡¯s divine shard ne using his Summoner role but instead summoned a ghostly entity simr to a probe.

    The star map projection appeared in front of Jiang Qiao, who took the ghostly entity and ced it into the ne of Hai Lan¡¯s divine shard on the star map.

    This transmission consumed less than a hundred Creation Energy from Jiang Qiao, as the ghostly entity had nobat power and was only meant for reconnaissance.

    Having done all this, Jiang Qiao found a chair to sit on, leaned back, and closed his eyes to establish a visual connection with the ghostly entity far in Hai Lan¡¯s divine shard ne.

    ¡°Aren¡¯t youing?¡± Jiang Qiao nced at Hai Lan, who was looking at the star map beside him.

    Hai Lan¡¯s cherry-red lips moved slightly, but she shook her head faintly in the end.

    ¡°Alright then.¡±

    Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t force her; he closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found himself floating in mid-air.

    The sky had changed from the blue and white of the holy realm to a gloomy gray. Below him, Jiang Qiao saw a city, a city with somewhat peculiar architectural styles. He could vaguely make out the city walls, castle pces, and¡­ the battlefield outside the city walls.

    ¡°This is indeed a scene of heavy casualties.¡±

    Jiang Qiao floated over the battlefield outside the city walls. As far as the eye could see, there were only corpses lying on the ground, soldiers from two enemy nations d in armor, stabbing each other with swords until both sides died together, forever frozen in this moment in time.

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    There were no living people on the battlefield; the blood hadpletely dried up. Jiang Qiao approached a dead soldier, and the ghostly entity extended an ¡®arm¡¯ to remove the soldier¡¯s helmet.

    The corpse beneath the helmet had lost all moisture, not turning into a skeleton; the dried skin clung to the soldier¡¯s bones, resembling an Egyptian mummy.

    ¡°These have turned into dried corpses. Could it be that once yers arrive, these guys wille back to life?¡± Jiang Qiao could already guess what the primary enemies of this instance were.

    The ne of Hai Lan¡¯s divine shard was a level sixty instance, and when the real attack happened, these dried corpses on the battlefield would likely alle back to life.

    ¡°I wonder if setting fire to them would work. Let¡¯s check out other ces first.¡±

    Jiang Qiao put the helmet back on the soldier and floated towards the city¡¯s interior.

    To Jiang Qiao¡¯s surprise¡­ the city was still alive, or at least it appeared to be alive.

    On the streets, Jiang Qiao could still seemoners walking around, vendors setting up their stalls and trading with passing residents, children chasing and ying, and carriages moving to and fro on the streets. In the corners of the streets, Jiang Qiao could even see thieves and robbers extorting from themoners.

    Just looking at it this way, it indeed seemed like a vibrant city, but there was one problem¡­ all the residents inside were dead.

    Every resident, like the soldiers outside the city, had dry, desated skin. It was as if they were puppet-like, repeating the same day over and over in the city.

    This reminded Jiang Qiao of a state from a game he had yed before¡­ living dead, which means exactly what it suggests: living corpses.

    ¡°Hello, your head fell off,¡± Jiang Qiao floated in front of a female living dead, waving his ¡®hand¡¯ to remind the woman that her head had rolled to the side of the road¡­

    But she ignored Jiang Qiao and continued to haggle with the vendor in front of her for a dried-up carrot.

    ¡°As expected, no consciousness.¡±

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s gaze turned towards the direction of the city¡¯s castle and floated directly towards it.

    In ghostly form, it was easy for Jiang Qiao to pass through the castle, where he unexpectedly heard someone talking inside. He immediately hid in the castle corridor on a rafter.

    Two figures dressed like nobles¡­ corpses were walking slowly down the corridor. Although they had also turned into the living dead, they still retained their original consciousness.

    ¡°Queen Mei has finally found a new divine shard fragment of the Sea Blue Goddess!¡±

    ¡°Shh! Don¡¯t mention that name! Do you want Queen Mei to strip you of the right to sleep?¡±

    ¡°I know, I know¡­ I don¡¯t know when we¡¯ll be able to escape this endless cycle. If not for the chance to sleep for decades at a time, I might have gone mad already.¡±

    ¡°Who hasn¡¯t? Those who still maintain their sanity are probably just Her Majesty the Queen¡¯s knights and the axe-wielding men. Let¡¯s wake them up quickly and break this damned cycle.¡±

    ¡°I just want to taste good wine again.¡±

    Hiding in the corridor, Jiang Qiao listened to the two corpses talking in dry voices about these topics. It made Jiang Qiao feel that he hade at just the right time¡­ just in time to hear the most crucial part of their conversation.

    In this ne, there were still quite a few living dead who retained their consciousness, likely serving as lesser bosses and elite monsters, while the ultimate boss was Queen Mei.

    Following his sense of direction, Jiang Qiao headed deeper into the castle, arriving at the pce where the ruler of this country sat.

    When Jiang Qiao saw the figure seated on the throne in the pce¡­ he had an extremely, extremely, extremely bad feeling.

    ¡°Damn it.¡± Jiang Qiao, almost in disbelief, cast a reconnaissance technique on the figure, and her data instantly appeared in front of Jiang Qiao.

    ¡®Name: Traitor Meier Stearn, Level: 68, ss: Magic/Warrior/Priest, Description: A human queen who devoured the divine shard fragment of Hai Lan. She has been quietly waiting for the opportunity to restore her fragmented country.¡¯

    These data points weren¡¯t what was important; what mattered was the reconnaissance technique revealing her health value.

    66,390,117/95,123,511.

    Her health cap was around 95 million, but her current health was only around 66 million, perhaps due to some reason causing her life value to be damaged.

    Here, life value didn¡¯t refer to her ¡®physical condition¡¯ but to the ne¡¯s overall resistance. Simply put, if Jiang Qiao set the living deadmoners on fire outside, her health would also drop.

    The prerequisite being that the living dead could indeed be burned.

    Her life value was shared with the entire ne.

    A mere 66 million health, backed by the yers with the Devouring God¡¯s rule, was a somewhat challenging number, but what really troubled Jiang Qiao was¡­

    This boss was stunningly beautiful, wasn¡¯t she?

    In his ghostly form, Jiang Qiao circled Queen Mei once. She had already ¡®died¡¯ on her throne.

    At least that¡¯s how it seemed to Jiang Qiao¡ªa longsword had pierced through Queen Mei¡¯s chest, pinning her to her throne.

    But this did not diminish the dazzling radiance of her exquisite appearance under a dim holy light.

    This queen had not be a living dead. She kept her eyes tightly closed, her head bowed, and her long hair, transitioning from silver-gray to pale gold, cascaded down from her ears under the holy light. Even up close, Jiang Qiao could not find any w on her fair skin, while her beautiful face held a slightly stern expression.

    It gave her a sanctity that made her untouchable.Upd@te by novg0 .co

    This was truly a goddess, wasn¡¯t she? Coach, my Hai Lan is definitely a fake!

    Jiang Qiao unconsciouslypared her to that gluttonous goddess; this Queen Meipletely overshadowed Hai Lan in aura and looks!

    Jiang Qiao could not sense the queen¡¯s breath, although blood continued to drip from the wound in her chest caused by the longsword, down along her legs and onto the ground.

    Only then did Jiang Qiao notice that¡­ the queen¡¯s blood spread across the floor, seeping into the castle, or perhaps, spreading throughout the entire ne.

    She was using this method to sustain her nation, ensuring it could continue to ¡®live.¡¯

    Jiang Qiao carefully floated in front of the queen, tentatively reaching out to pull the sword from her chest.

    But just as Jiang Qiao¡¯s ¡®hand¡¯ was about to touch the hilt of the sword in her chest, the queen¡¯s right hand suddenly grasped Jiang Qiao¡¯s outstretched hand.

    Her initial grip was surprisingly fierce, but as she firmly took hold, the grip became exceedingly gentle. When Jiang Qiao lifted his eyes again, he saw her ice-blue pupils.

    ¡°Why disturb the rest of a dead person?¡± Her voicecked any emotional tone, ¡°Ah¡­ I sense a presence on you¡­ one I despise.¡±

    As she spoke, she gently released Jiang Qiao¡¯s hand, and Jiang Qiao quickly retreated a few steps, at which point she slowly got up from her seat.

    As she stood, she pressed her left hand against her chest and violently pulled out the longsword embedded in her chest, causing blood to gush out once more.

    ¡°Hai Lan, the great goddess, once my only belief, now the enemy I must erase.¡± She spoke in a haunting voice, her bare feet stepping through the blood as she slowly approached Jiang Qiao.

    Hey, hey, hey, is this turning into a boss battle scene already?

    ¡°Miss Mei, could you wait a moment? I have a few questions before we start the boss fight,¡± Jiang Qiao said, only to find his vision split in two.

    This made Jiang Qiao realize¡­ his ghostly form had been sliced in half by Miss Mei.

    At that moment, Jiang Qiao felt the ghostly entity he had created being absorbed by Queen Mei, forcing him to spend another ten Creation Energy points to revive his ghostly entity.

    ¡°Is there no room for any conversation before the battle?¡±

    Jiang Qiao used his hands to piece together his split body.

    ¡°A conversation?¡± She tilted her head slightly in thought, and the next second, she swung her sword at Jiang Qiao again, splitting him into two once more. ¡°I will no longer sumb to the Devouring God¡¯s deceit.¡±

    Hai Lan, just how bad is your reputation? Your old followers don¡¯t side with you anymore!

    Jiang Qiao mocked his goddess¡¯s infamous reputation on the star map as he spent another ten Creation Energy points to revive near Queen Mei.

    ¡°I am not conversing with you in the capacity of the Devouring God but as a game nner. I believe we can make a deal,¡± Jiang Qiao said, only to be instantly shed by Queen Mei again, this time splitting him into three parts.

    So there¡¯s no room for negotiation?

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    Chapter 51: 51: Strategy Guide (Please Rmend!)

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Jiang Qiao could feel a strong hatred from this Queen Mei. This hatred was directed at the Sea Blue Goddess¡­ Though Queen Mei had kept a stoic face throughout the encounter, her sword showed no mercy as she repeatedly cut down Jiang Qiao.

    During their conversation, Jiang Qiao had already been sliced into five pieces consecutively.

    ¡°I actually have only one question,¡± Jiang Qiao said after being killed instantly by Queen Mei for the fifth time. He gave up on negotiating for a peaceful solution and directly asked the question he most wanted to know: ¡°Do you have a second phase?¡±

    ¡°Second¡­ phase?¡± She seemed to ponder this, seemingly not understanding what Jiang Qiao meant, and then cut him into fifteen pieces with one stroke.

    ¡°Alright, see you on the battlefield soon. Hmm¡­ let me think, I guess I should say, just wait, I¡¯ll go gather some people!¡±

    After leaving this somewhat aggrieved deration, Jiang Qiao¡¯s figure disappeared from Queen Mei¡¯s sight.

    When Jiang Qiao opened his eyes again, Hai Lan had somehow already moved close to him, looking at him with a worried expression.

    Seeing Hai Lan, Jiang Qiao instinctively shrank back a little, this action reminding him of the beautiful and holy Queen Mei, and he couldn¡¯t help but sigh deeply.

    ¡°Why are you sighing again?¡± Hai Lan remembered this wasn¡¯t the first time Jiang Qiao sighed while looking at her.

    ¡°Nothing, just thinking that this final boss might be a bit tricky to handle,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°Tricky¡­ hard to deal with? What¡¯s their name? Maybe I can recall their weakness or something.¡±

    Hai Lan wanted to help Jiang Qiao in this state, rather than in her creator state. In her normal state, the most Hai Lan could probably help with was cleaning out the nearly expired food in the fridge.

    ¡°The name is Mei Steen, does that ring a bell?¡± Jiang Qiao hoped to hear some weaknesses about the queen, like if she had a second phase or something.

    ¡°No impression.¡± Hai Lan said dejectedly after hearing the name, ¡°My memories about the original world are very fragmented, I only remember some unimportant things.¡±

    ¡°Alright¡­¡± Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t expect Hai Lan to be able to help much in this state.

    ¡°What¡¯s tricky about her?¡± Hai Lan asked hurriedly.

    ¡°She¡¯s too beautiful, her temperament is also great, more urately, she¡¯s too beautiful,¡± Jiang Qiao believed this was Queen Mei¡¯s greatest advantage. To yers, this was even scarier than having a deadly instant-kill skill.

    ¡°How is that a tricky point!¡± Hai Lan couldn¡¯t understand what Jiang Qiao was saying.

    ¡°Because if the final boss is too good-looking, yers might defect.¡±

    ¡°What?¡±

    ¡°There might be organizations among the yer base, like a Queen Mei Knights group.¡±

    Jiang Qiao seriously informed Hai Lan of this¡­ terribly bad news, but Hai Lan, looking dumbfounded, still couldn¡¯t understand ¡®why it would turn out this way.¡¯

    ¡°Let me put it this way, as I said before, the Holy Spirits game is the yers¡¯ yground. Normal monsters, elite monsters, and bosses are like amusement park rides to them. Rides can be liked by yers, and when a boss that¡¯s both strong and cute appears, there¡¯s a high probability the inte will produce fan works about this boss¡­ In short, it¡¯s a bit of a hassle,¡± Jiang Qiao exined.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t having me, the goddess, enough for the yers?¡± Hai Lan understood the meaning in Jiang Qiao¡¯s words, and she, somewhat indignant, ced her hand over her chest: ¡°In terms of charm, I, as a goddess, should be superior to any female from the enemy camp, right?¡±

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    ¡°Well¡­¡±

    Jiang Qiao awkwardly shifted his gaze away from Hai Lan and took out the Book of Systems to start the next nning.

    ¡°Don¡¯t change the subject at a time like this! Think seriously, no matter what, my charm as a goddess should be on par if not higher than Queen Mei, right? If I show up, the yers¡­¡±

    ¡°Hai Lan, the ck Pepper Steak I ordered has arrived. Can you help pick it up?¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°It arrived so quickly? I¡­ oh, fine.¡± Hai Lan had wanted to continue the ¡®who¡¯s more beautiful, me or that woman¡¯ discussion with Jiang Qiao, but for the sake of the steak, she decided to let it drop.

    Jiang Qiao used the spare time to open the Book of Systems to check the current Creation Energy bnce.

    He currently had around seventeen thousand four hundred points of Creation Energy, with a few more points added every ten or so minutes.

    This was earned by the yers in the Tower of Trial for Jiang Qiao.

    From the several confrontations with Queen Mei just now¡­ well, it could also be called one-sided massacres, it was clear that Queen Mei could absorb the Creation Energy after killing Hai Lan¡¯s creations.

    This was really bad news.

    ¡°You lied¡­ there¡¯s no steak, only fried chicken,¡± Hai Lan suddenly popped back to inform Jiang Qiao at this point.

    ¡°Forget the chicken and steak for now. Hai Lan, there¡¯s a real difficulty in this instance strategy,¡± Jiang Qiao closed the Book of Systems, knowing that for this strategy, Hai Lan¡¯s divine ne Fragment wouldn¡¯t allow yers to mindlessly revive and fill up the instance with lives.

    ¡°Is that female human really that beautiful?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s not that¡­ it¡¯s that she also has the ability to absorb your Creation Energy,¡± Jiang Qiao exined.

    ¡°This¡­ isn¡¯t possible! But¡­ if she controlled my godhead, she might be able to do it.¡±

    Hai Lan began thinking of a countermeasure, but with her current abilities, she couldn¡¯t think of a way to limit the opponent¡¯s energy absorption.

    ¡°In the Holy Spirits world, yers¡¯ revival doesn¡¯t consume energy because it¡¯s like they¡¯re being teleported from one ce to another, but in your ne Fragment, when yers die, the energy that constructs them is absorbed by the creatures of that ne, and we need to consume more energy to revive the yers,¡± Jiang Qiao exined.

    ¡°How much energy is needed?¡± Hai Lan asked, uncertain.

    ¡°Not much, ten to thirty points, but considering the number of yers, it¡¯s a massive amount. Also, the more often the yer dies, the more Creation Energy will be needed to revive them again,¡± Jiang Qiao ryed the daunting message to Hai Lan. ¡°But I have another hypothesis: if yers kill the monster that previously killed them after reviving, they might be able to reim the lost energy.¡±

    ¡°Where did this hypothesise from?¡±

    ¡°A game,¡± Jiang Qiao thought more about how to design therge instance, ¡°In any case, we need to increase the death penalty for yers in your ne Fragment. The first step is to start with the NPCs closest to the yers.¡±

 Chapter 52: Design of Death Penalties and Rewards

    Chapter 52: Chapter 52: Design of Death Penalties and Rewards

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Jiang Qiao brought Hai Lan to the ce where yers of Holy Spirite most often¡­ the Resurrection Cathedral.

    The interior of the Resurrection Cathedral was an independent space. Here, no yer would encounter anyone else, so when Jiang Qiao walked into the Resurrection Cathedral, the noisy sounds from the street werepletely cut off, leaving only the sound of quiet air flow.

    Sunlight streamed through the church¡¯s stained ss, falling on the ¡®holy tform¡¯ where yers were resurrected. Sitting on the stone steps leading up to the tform was the Cathedral¡¯s sole NPC, Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya.

    She wore a simple light gray robe, sitting all alone in the vast church, staring at the palm of her hand¡­

    Unlike other NPCs in Holy Spirit, like the newbie mentors in Lionheart City, who often got overwhelmed by a flood of new yers, Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya was an exclusive NPC for each yer. This meant that each yer¡¯s Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya was a unique individual.

    This gave Jiang Qiao the idea of making some ¡®modifications¡¯ to her¡­ or rather, to them.

    ¡°Kind Holy Spirit, you have returned.¡±

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya saw Jiang Qiao walk into the Resurrection Cathedral. She slowly stood up from the steps and then gently ced her hands in front of her chest. Jiang Qiao had purposely set her to be like the ¡®virtuous wife¡¯ type of character to yers.

    ¡°Let me see, first I¡¯ll remove the touch restrictions for NPCs.¡± Jiang Qiao walked up to the Guardian Spirit and removed some of the touch restrictions yers had with NPCs.

    In Holy Spirit, yers couldn¡¯t actually touch NPCs. The most they could do was touch their hand. If they were allowed to touch more, Jiang Qiao thought an 18+ version of Holy Spirit could be introduced in the future.

    But for now¡­ Jiang Qiao was experiencing an 18+ exclusive version of Holy Spirit.

    Jiang Qiao reached out and pinched Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya¡¯s cheek. She remained expressionless as she looked at Jiang Qiao.

    Fureya¡¯s cheek felt very real, just like a person in reality, except without any warmth.

    All the NPCs in Holy Spirit were created by Jiang Qiao in creator mode, so he now needed to confirm some of the finer details about these NPCs.

    Including what it felt like to touch an NPC and whether they had any special reactions when touched in certain areas.

    ¡°What can I do for you, Great God?¡±

    When Jiang Qiao touched her, Fureya instantly switched hernguage mode, identifying Jiang Qiao as a GM and not an ordinary yer.

    ¡°So even conversations with a GM are preset? Tell me, how many yers have tried to talk to you so far?¡±

    Jiang Qiao let go of Fureya¡¯s cheek and began to inquire about her current poprity among yers.

    ¡°Three thousand four hundred twenty-one people. Many of the young Holy Spirits engage in long conversations with us. Most of them share personal matters from their real lives. I am often seen as a role between a lover and a psychological counselor, even to female Holy Spirits,¡± Fureya said, her voice still devoid of any emotion. This soft and gentle tone indeed¡­ made people feel veryfortable.

    ¡°With around four thousand yers online on the server, I should say you definitely deserve to be our mascot?¡±

    Jiang Qiao opened a web browsing tool, and in the Holy Spirit section of the yer forum, discussions about Fureya still dominated the majority.

    This game¡¯s initial poprity was mainly due to Fureya-rted posts, and it was only after yers obtained activation codes that they began to discover other joys of Holy Spirit through exploration.

    In the forum, most Holy Spirit yers habitually referred to Fureya as ¡®wife¡¯.

    ¡°Though I said I¡¯d make changes to you all, actually doing it is quite difficult, but this punishment system requires your cooperation.¡±

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    Jiang Qiao came here to design a new punishment system for yers.

    Holy Spirit¡¯s death penalty was not very severe. When a yer died, their equipment durability decreased slightly, and even their experience points were not deducted.

    This type of death penalty was verymon in online games.

    Jiang Qiao did not intend to change the death penalty of Holy Spirit¡¯s original ne, as the original ne of Holy Spirit was essentially arge ¡®novice vige¡¯ for yers. After leveling up to the maximum in Holy Spirit¡¯s original ne, the game would truly begin.

    Jiang Qiao aimed to increase the death penalty in the ¡®Hai Lan Divine ne Fragment¡¯ instance, so that yers would not be too reckless when fighting Queen Mei.

    ¡°Penalty? Jiang Qiao, you¡¯re not going to¡­¡±

    Hai Lan couldn¡¯t bear to finish her sentence, making a gesture of slicing her neck with her hand.

    ¡°If I actually killed off Fureya, it¡¯s likely that yers woulde after me instead of Queen Mei,¡± Jiang Qiao said, having some self-awareness. The NPC Fureya was indeed the soft spot of most yers.

    Poking at yers¡¯ soft spot with a needle might be tolerable, but breaking it off would probablynd Jiang Qiao in trouble.

    ¡°Is there no other way?¡±

    Seeing Jiang Qiao was serious about doing something to Fureya, out ofpassion for her creation, Hai Lan stood up to plead for Fureya and all the yers.

    ¡°If the death penalty isn¡¯t intensified, yers willpletely throw caution to the wind in your Divine Fragment ne. Haven¡¯t you seen yers use corpse runs to progress when an instance is too difficult?¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°I¡¯ve seen it, but what do you mean by intensify?¡± Hai Lan had watched countless times as Jiang Qiao raided instances on screen.

    Every phase during instance raids was a struggle, with guilds or teams dying repeatedly, progressing inch by inch.

    Jiang Qiao would not restrict the corpse running strategy; instead, he wanted yers to use it wisely rather than die recklessly.

    ¡°When yers die three times in the Divine Fragment ne, Fureya will lose her life and return to a doll-like state,¡± Jiang Qiao exined.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t that still killing her?¡±

    Hai Lan seemed ready to protect Fureya from Jiang Qiao¡¯s imagined de, fearing he would chop her down.

    ¡°It¡¯s just a status of being mute,¡± Jiang Qiao exined. ¡°In the game¡¯s setting, the resurrection power of Holy Spiritses from Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya, and enemies in your Divine Fragment ne can strip yers of this resurrection power. This is the storyline in the game. After dying three times in your Divine Fragment ne, Fureya will weaken and be an ordinary doll. yers need to kill the monsters that previously defeated them to break this curse.¡±

    ¡°What if the number of consecutive deaths exceeds three times?¡± Hai Lan whispered, ¡°Some yers might not care about Fureya.¡±

    ¡°Starting from the fourth death, yers will not be protected by Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya. Each death after the fourth will incur a 50% experience reduction, and the fifth death will directly decrease their level by one. This curse will persist until enough monsters are killed to lift the curse,¡± Jiang Qiao borated on a death penalty severe enough to make yers want to smash their keyboards.

    ¡°However, once the curse is lifted, the lost experience will be restored, and Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya can be revived, continuing until the second curse begins.¡±

    ¡°Doesn¡¯t it get progressively harder? Are you sure yers will still help us fight Queen Mei with these penalties?¡± Hai Lan wondered, feeling the penalties might provoke a yer rebellion.

    ¡°High riskse with high rewards. I¡¯ll design a series of irresistible rewards, and the first reward will be unlocking the second phase of affections with Fureya,¡± Jiang Qiao¡¯s gaze shifted back to Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya, who, sensing something, brought her fingertips to her lips, tugging slightly to form a somewhat awkward smile.

    This reminded Jiang Qiao of something: ¡°Quickly say you like him, so he can recharge another ten thousand dors.¡±

 Chapter 58: Overview of In-Game and Out-of-Game Ecosystem

    Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Overview of In-Game and Out-of-Game Ecosystem

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Three dayster, Jiang Qiao was browsing the financial report and operation status of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± since itsunch in the Astrology Tower.

    The Book of Systems presented various data from the ¡°Holy Spirit¡± server in a projected format in front of Jiang Qiao.

    ording to the Book of Systems, the revenue brought by ¡°Holy Spirit¡± to Jiang Qiao was¡­ zero.

    Zero as it was, themercial value of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± had already fully manifested with the influx of yers. The price of a gold coin in ¡°Holy Spirit¡± had risen to 372 yuan, which was double that of the firstunch period.

    The more yers there were, the more the gold price increased instead of decreasing, which was within Jiang Qiao¡¯s expectations, and what was truly expensive in ¡°Holy Spirit¡± was the special equipment.

    ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to put some equipment on this trading website?¡±

    Hai Lan was using a small browsing tool on the Tiangong webpage to order takeaway. She used the webpage that Jiang Qiao often used, so there were some websites bookmarked by Jiang Qiao.

    She was learning to surf the inte very quickly, for instance, today she discovered a game item trading website called the 4396 Game Trading Network.

    This website was thergest game item and ount trading tform in China. When browsing this website, Hai Lan sessfully found the ¡°Holy Spirit¡± section.

    The ¡°Holy Spirit¡± section showed that the exchange rate of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± gold coin to Chinese currency was 1 to 372, and the recent increase was 90%, with a continuous upward trend likely.

    This made more money than stock trading.

    No matter how many times Jiang Qiao looked at it, he couldn¡¯t help but sigh.

    But what really caught Hai Lan¡¯s eye was¡­ the equipment trading section of the ¡°Holy Spirit¡± section, the most expensive item there was called ¡°Grona¡¯s Piggy Bank¡±.

    This was a special piece of equipment with no attribute bonuses, only an effect of increasing the amount of money obtained when killing bosses and elite monsters by 25%.

    Special equipment had no level restrictions, but the equipment itself upied a yer¡¯s equipment slot.

    The equipment for ¡°Holy Spirit¡± yers included helmets, tops, belts, pants, shoes, cloaks, gloves, two rings, two trinkets, plus an additional Blessing Totem and a two-handed weapon slot.

    Some Hunter and Gunslinger yers also had a ¡°Special Ammunition¡± equipment slot.

    In total, there were fourteen equipment slots, if a yer obtained a piece of special equipment that was a ring, this special equipment with nobat attribute bonus would upy one of the ring slots.

    In Jiang Qiao¡¯s design, special equipment had some¡­ April Fool¡¯s Day effects, most of them had negative effects outweighing positive ones. Equipment like Grona¡¯s Piggy Bank which could be used by all sses and had no negative effects had a high price on the ¡°Holy Spirit¡± equipment trading website.

    The price of Grona¡¯s Piggy Bank on the official ¡°Holy Spirit¡± website was 430,000 Chinese yuan, just this one piece of special equipment was enough for Jiang Qiao to buy a private car.

    ¡°Holy Spirit¡± prevented the possibility of operatives using multiple ounts or bots to farm gold coins, so the gold price of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± could potentially keep increasing. The Piggy Bank was a trinket slot equipment, if a rich yer bought two Piggy Banks to wear, they could produce 50% more gold coins when diving into instances, and it wouldn¡¯t take long to earn it back.

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    ¡°I still have about ten more! There¡¯s also the Fire Elf¡¯s Wrath, Light Elf¡¯s Memory, Water Elf¡¯s Mercy, and so on,¡± Hai Lan said, a whole pile of Grona¡¯s Piggy Banks appearing in her hands, with three glowing Light Elf¡¯s Memories floating above her head, three small fireballs dropped beside her, and a cluster of liquid drops gathered at her feet.

    The Elemental Elf series was also high-priced equipment, and it belonged to the non-slot upying ¡°Blessing Totem¡± type. Its effect was to grant a certain probability of double casting for skills below level 35 of the corresponding attribute.

    The stable price on the 4396 Game Trading Network was upwards of 300,000 yuan.

    ¡°You really came up with the idea of the game¡¯s official selling equipment, huh.¡±

    Jiang Qiao closed the Book of Systems and mmed it directly on Hai Lan¡¯s head, causing all the Piggy Banks she was holding to scatter all over the floor.

    ¡°Is it not allowed?¡± Hai Lan rubbed her forehead, this was the second time she had been scolded by Jiang Qiao foring up with a bad idea.

    ¡°If you want to go out of business, then sure. The reason special equipment is so expensive is because there¡¯s no way to currently output it.¡±

    Jiang Qiao knew that the special equipment currently listed on the 4396 Game Trading Network all came from the first Abyss Hunt. Currently, there was no way to obtain special equipment from the main map of ¡°Holy Spirit¡±.

    As for epic equipment¡­ yers could obtain it from every hero-level instance, and although the difficulty was high, at least there was an output. A yer could find a good team and grind a month or so to get a full set of epic equipment, it wasn¡¯t that difficult.

    ¡°Nobody would probably know, right?¡± Hai Lan really had nomon sense on this aspect.

    ¡°You can¡¯t spend that much on a takeaway meal! ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ will be profitable in the future, but right now the important thing is to expand the number of server users and increase the average level of yers.¡±

    Jiang Qiao had a very indifferent view about money. He wasn¡¯t without desires, when it was time to make money he would, but when it wasn¡¯t, he could easily control his desires. The bad idea Hai Lan proposed was the kind of money Jiang Qiao thought should not be made.

    ¡°Okay.¡± Hai Lan obediently ordered her takeaway.

    She was very obedient in this regard, which made Jiang Qiao feel more and more like he wasn¡¯t raising a goddess but rather a pet.

    After analyzing the trends in the financial system within ¡°Holy Spirit¡±, Jiang Qiao continued to open the Book of Systems to focus on the growth progress of the server itself.

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s conspiracy¡­ hmm¡­ new n was very sessful. The first was the newly released main story quest by the Doll Girl, which made arge number of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± yers, including Zhao Mingwei, rush to level up like crazy.

    Secondly, the newlyunched MVP rey feature of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± made many guilds startpeting fiercely for instance clear records. The frequency of guilds teaming up to run the Tower of Trial was several times higher than before.

    Jiang Qiao felt that the guild leaders were starting to get serious. They not only started researching in-game, but seemed to be pulling in outside help as well.

    Over these three days, both Zhao Mingwei and Jiang Qiao spent their time responding to instance record invitations from various guilds, with Zhao Mingwei being the main yer and Jiang Qiao as an essory.

    As a result, the server¡¯s growth rate doubled in those three days. Previously, the yer limit on the server could steadily increase by 300 people per day, but over these three days it reached a steady growth of 700 yers per day.

    The ¡°Holy Spirit¡± yer count finally surpassed the 5,000 mark, reaching 6,700 yers.

    Hai Lan wanted to order a cake to celebrate, but Jiang Qiao knew that this number of yers was nothingpared to national level online games with daily active users in the millions. The 6,700 registered yers were really nothing.

    This 6,700 yer limit was the result of the first and second batch of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± yers grinding monsters in the Tower of Trial.

    ¡°Next is the growth of Creation Energy?¡± Jiang Qiao looked at the most basic Creation Energy, which had increased from 14,000 to 19,000 over these past few days, with an increase of three to four points every seven or eight minutes, asionally jumping to five or sixty points.

    All Creation Energy came from the monsters killed by yers in the Tower of Trial, and the energy obtained from yers dismantling relics.

    ¡°Hmm? Has the Wealth Child Segmane again?¡±

    Jiang Qiao saw the rate of increase in Creation Energy suddenly jump by +700, realizing immediately that his big money-maker had returned.

 Chapter 54 - 54 The Next Step Management Plan

    Chapter 54: Chapter 54 The Next Step Management n

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    When Starry Brain had the idea of going crazy leveling up, the next thing he did was¡­ post on the forum first.

    This was a professional ethic as the founder of the yermunity Book Team. He wanted to make Fureya¡¯s hopeful dialogue public to all yers who considered Fureya their virtual wife.

    Upholding the principle of ¡°Since you like Fureya and I like Fureya, doesn¡¯t that make us friends?¡± Starry had no intention of hiding this quest.

    The post was quickly edited by Starry, titled ¡°Method Found to Unlock Fureya¡¯s Second Stage Affection! Doll Girl Calling You Home to Level Up!¡±

    Starry¡¯s post was published in the Holy Spirit section for less than ten seconds when his message notifications popped up with two or three new replies.

    By the time Starry exited the Resurrection Cathedral, his new reply notifications had surged to twenty-three.

    This was probably the most exciting moment for every poster: watching the new reply notifications continuously pop up.

    When new reply notifications kept climbing to fifty-two, Starry knew his post had once again taken the top spot for yermunity poprity.

    Back when he was writing instance plot analyses during Discord, it took him a whole day to get fifty or so replies, but now, in less than half an hour, the responses had quickly increased to fifty-two.

    This feeling couldn¡¯t be described with just the word ¡°thrilling.¡±

    Starry opened his edited post; it already had a total of one hundred and sixty-one replies.

    ¡°Does this mean my wife can change clothes when I reach level fifty?¡± replied Magic Power of Love.

    ¡°Newbie little war method in Gray Mist Canyon looking for help, any expert can rescue the newbie, I¡¯ve been looking for a party to do an instance for a whole day, I also want my wife to wear new clothes.¡± replied Big Iron Ball.

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    ¡°Unlocking second stage affection doesn¡¯t necessarily mean changing clothes, are you sure Holy Spirit doesn¡¯t have an 18X restriction version?¡± replied Dream Not Waking.

    ¡°Shut up, scoundrel upstairs, my doll girl is sacred and invible, and also, Gray Mist Canyon¡¯s war method, PM me your coordinates.¡± replied Chen Shuo.

    ¡°Boohoo¡­I also want to y with you guys, want a wife, begging the officials to give me activation qualifications, I¡¯ve been hanging on the official website for three days and nights.¡± replied Mysterious Always.

    The replies to the post were still increasing, Starry closed the post and directly contacted his friends in Holy Spirit, at least for the sake of his own doll girl, he had to quickly level up this ount to the max.

    When Starry ran towards the city gate, Jiang Qiao also walked out of the Resurrection Cathedral with Hai Lan.

    ¡°What should we do next?¡± Hai Lan hovered by Jiang Qiao¡¯s side, watching the street¡­crowded with bouncing new yers running past.

    Hai Lan suspected these Holy Spirit yers had a condition where they would die if they didn¡¯t jump while walking. Eight out of ten Holy Spirit yers walked while jumping and the other two sat on mounts jumping.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Jiang Qiao gave Hai Lan an answer that left her somewhat confused.

    ¡°Do you really think I¡¯m omnipotent? I¡¯ve done everything I can do as a game nner at this stage.¡± Jiang Qiao nced at Hai Lan¡¯s surprised expression as if saying, ¡°Invincible Jiang Qiao is also helpless.¡±

    But thinking carefully, since Jiang Qiao and Hai Lan had met, Hai Lan¡¯s biggest role was helping Jiang Qiao enable the creator mode. After that, this goddess turned into a pet-like character.

    Hai Lan had never yed modern video games, so she couldn¡¯t give Jiang Qiao any advice on Holy Spirit¡¯s operations; Jiang Qiao understood this. But Jiang Qiao wasn¡¯t exactly a professional operator either, he had also figured out Holy Spirit¡¯s various developments bit by bit.

    ¡°Then shouldn¡¯t we do a detailed count?¡± Hai Lan finally realized she wasn¡¯t Jiang Qiao¡¯s pet but the omnipotent goddess in all of Holy Spirit¡¯s lore.

    ¡°Count?¡±

    ¡°Like the specificbat power of the subordinates, simr to the legions of various world countries in my previous world, this way at least it will be easier to manage when war starts.¡± Hai Lan said.

    ¡°Manage¡­ should say it will make you feel more at ease.¡±

    Jiang Qiao saw through Hai Lan¡¯s thoughts; she now seemed somewhatcking in confidence. After all, Queen Mei¡¯s level was a whopping sixty-five, with nearly sixty-six million health points.

    Even if yers reached the maximum level of fifty, with Queen Mei¡¯s potentially resurrected undead army, in Hai Lan¡¯s view, it would still likely be a tough battle.

    ¡°I¡¯m not scared.¡± Hai Lan argued.

    ¡°I didn¡¯t say you were scared. The counting work was something I nned to doter. This task, it¡¯s definitely not enough to just look at yers¡¯ paper data, we also need to see the average skill level of yers, well¡­might as well use instance runs to observe each guild one by one.¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°Guilds, are the yers in guilds technically skilled?¡±

    Hai Lan had seen the difference between professional yers and ordinary yers in the Gun Knight provocation, like Zhao Mingwei; top-tier yers like him could probably take on ten yers of the same level.

    This was just Hai Lan¡¯s viewpoint, Jiang Qiao put more importance on the management capabilities of yer guilds.

    Solo yers were a bunch of uncontroble gueri fighters; Jiang Qiao couldn¡¯t uniformly control where they wanted to go or what monsters they wanted to fight. But it was different with yers belonging to guilds.

    Especially those nning to dominate in Holy Spirit¡¯srge guilds.

    In Jiang Qiao¡¯s eyes, they were no less than highbat-quality legions with battlefield nning.

    And Jiang Qiao, as Holy Spirit¡¯s GM, was the ruler issuingmands to these ¡°legions,¡± but in ancient times, legions were driven to action by the ruler¡¯s pressure and severe punishment for disobedience.

    In the game Holy Spirit, Jiang Qiao¡¯s driving force for guilds was quests, reputation, the glory from instance first kills, and poprity among yers.

    As long as these existed, if Jiang Qiao wanted these guilds to eliminate the boss in an instance, they would immediately raise their butcher knives and charge to the boss¡¯sir. Even if they got wiped out a dozen times, they would find a way to kill that boss.

    Jiang Qiao wouldn¡¯t even need to issue any quest, just tell the poor boss, ¡°You¡¯ve entered the instance, I¡¯ve set up epic gear and mount rewards, your first kill will be announced server-wide and permanently recorded in the game¡¯s historical events.¡±

    The next day, arge guild would handle that ¡°boss¡± for Jiang Qiao.

    Now the question was, how many such powerful workforce groups¡­ ahem,rge guilds were there in Holy Spirit?

 Chapter 55: Sense of Recognition (Seeking Recommendations)

    Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Sense of Recognition (Seeking Rmendations)

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Jiang Qiao opened the official leaderboard of Holy Spirit. The contents of this leaderboard were very simple, only a yer personal level list and a guildprehensive strength list.

    These two leaderboards were casually created by Jiang Qiao. yers could check them on the Glory Stele in front of the Lionheart City pce.

    Currently, the top yer on the personal level leaderboard¡­ was still that healer, AddNURating. After a few days of not seeing her, her level had already soared to thirty-eight.

    Ranked second was an Elemental Mage named Can Xin, with only level thirty-five.

    Jiang Qiao highly suspected that AddNURating had not logged out of the Holy Spirit since entering, crazily grinding levels.

    Did the grinders on the leaderboard not need to eat?

    Jiang Qiao recalled aint from a yer on the forums. Jiang Qiao pondered for a while and realized that they indeed wouldn¡¯t need to eat, as they only needed glucose while ying the game.

    The original function of recovering one¡¯s energy by logging into the Holy Spirit via mobile was not introduced in the VR version by Jiang Qiao, because this feature was too advanced for the current technology of Blue Star, and even with Thirteen taking the me, it would be a bit troublesome.

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    But AddNURating had truly not logged off since the Holy Spirit¡¯sunch.

    This made Jiang Qiao suspect that this healer was genuinely ying the game while receiving a glucose drip. Not mentioning AddNURating¡¯s super long online record, Jiang Qiao focused on the guildprehensive strength list.

    The guildprehensive strength list, as the name suggests, ranked guilds based on theirprehensive strength. The calction rules for this list were veryplicated, including the number of guild members, their levels, and the sacred relics held by the guild.

    Currently, the number one guild was the Dancing Nuclear Guild, which had been the highest-ranked guild in Holy Spirit since itsunch.

    The Dancing Nuclear Guild had a total of two hundred and forty-five members with an average level of thirty-two, which was a terrifying average level.

    Currently in Holy Spirit, there were only around seven hundred yers who had reached level thirty or above, and the Dancing Nuclear Guild had monopolized one-third of these yers, all of them elite.

    The Dancing Nuclear Guild¡¯s ability to recruit so many elite yers was thanks to the poprity of the professional team behind it, the Nuclear Team. Most yers joined the Dancing Nuclear Guild because of the Nuclear Team¡¯s poprity, and many yers fantasized about fighting alongside those professional yers in Holy Spirit.

    Jiang Qiao could understand these yers¡¯ thoughts. If the yers knew that Zhao Mingwei was in Jiang Qiao¡¯s guild, he would probably receive a ton of guild applications tomorrow.

    But Jiang Qiao would never do that. The Nameless Guild was a guild for friends and family, established by Jiang Qiao purely to test guild functions, just like Zhao Mingwei simply wanting to y games easily.

    But the Dancing Nuclear Guild was different; they wanted to be the number one guild in Holy Spirit.

    The number one here didn¡¯t just refer to the number of guild members, but also the average quality of guild members, records of instancepletions, and even yer poprity, all of which they aimed to be number one in!

    Jiang Qiao sensed the ambition of the Dancing Nuclear Guild. Other professional clubs also sensed it, and thepetitive nature between clubs wouldn¡¯t allow the Dancing Nuclear Guild to develop so smoothly.

    For example, the Abyss Temple ranked second.

    Compared to the elite-focused Dancing Nuclear Guild, the Abyss Temple Guild, jokingly referred to by yers as a ¡°ck-mafia organization,¡± seemed much more approachable.

    The Abyss Temple had four hundred and thirty-two members, with an average level of only twenty-one. The poprity of the Abyss Esports Club in China was no less than that of the Nuclear Club.

    The conflicts between these two clubs had extended from the game Fentress to Holy Spirit. In the future, Jiang Qiao guessed that more clubs woulde to Holy Spirit to brawl with each other.

    Jiang Qiao had no intention of acting as a mediator¡­ he just needed to sit back with some melon seeds and watch the show. Thepetition between guilds would drive them to find ways to be stronger, and these guilds were important forces to Jiang Qiao in future divine wars.

    ¡°I need to think of a way to make them fight.¡± Jiang Qiao continued to browse the guilds below on theprehensive strength list.

    Ranked third was the Dream Wedding Committee Guild. When Jiang Qiao saw the name of this guild, he raised an eyebrow, but after ncing at the guild leader and managers, he understood the origin of this guild.

    The guild leader was a streamer named Notched de Swordsman, whom Jiang Qiao had previously done instances with a few times. One of the guild managers was named Dream, whose ID belonged to a level five small warrior.

    But Jiang Qiao knew that this small warrior could be one of the most popr streamers on Roon Live. This streamer had a peculiar reputation: over thirty-seven years old, a millionaire, and still without a boyfriend.

    Spectators and trolls tried to dig up dirt on this female streamer, posting hundreds of threads, from middle school experiences to college graduation, but failed to find any significant rtions with any male.

    So in the yermunity, Dream had a nickname called the ¡°Chaste Ice Maiden.¡± This title had several extensions, such as ¡°Immacte Old Auntie,¡± ¡°Jade-Lotus Dowager,¡± and due to her preference for ying violent warrior sses, she earned these¡­ admirable titles.

    None of this was Jiang Qiao¡¯s concern. This Dream Wedding Committee had a total of six hundred members, which alone outnumbered the Abyss Temple and Dancing Nuclear Guild, though their average level was only thirteen.

    This was purely an entertainment guildprised of fans, but Jiang Qiao couldn¡¯t ignore this force. Further down, the guilds of the seven esports clubs in China could be seen in their embryonic form. For example, ranked fourth was the guild belonging to Zhao Mingwei¡¯s team, the Royal Dynasty.

    ¡°You want to make these guilds fight among themselves?¡± Hai Lan, who was listening to Jiang Qiao¡¯s muttering, couldn¡¯t help feeling a chill, probably because of Jiang Qiao¡¯s previous decision to ¡®kill off¡¯ Fureya.

    ¡°Fight among themselves sounds too harsh. What I mean is¡­ make thempete more fiercely,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it already fierce?¡±

    Hai Lan still didn¡¯t quite understand matters like guild management and professional clubs.

    ¡°There¡¯s barely anypetition right now. At most, Abyss Temple and Dancing Nuclear fight over instance records in the Tower of Trial, without much effort,¡± Jiang Qiao said truthfully. Currently, the fights between guilds were limited to these two major guildspeting lightly for instance records, very¡­ half-heartedly.

    ¡°Then how do you n to make them ¡®fight¡¯? With powerful epic gear?¡± Hai Lan thought Jiang Qiao seemed a bit more like an opposition force rather than a creator deity.

    ¡°Epic equipment can only strengthen individuals. These guilds want poprity! To make a badass impression on yers¡¯ minds,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°Then¡­¡±

    ¡°Still start with instance records. Just need to increase the impact of instance records, and the rewards for the uing divine wars are the most important¡­¡±

    Jiang Qiao knew what truly mattered to big guilds: world-first records, world-instancepletion records, records that could be remembered in the history of the game were the glory worth their fiercepetition.

    ¡°Are you sure they won¡¯t really kill each other?¡± Hai Lan pondered for a moment and resorted to a more severe term.

    ¡°Well, the hatred between yers can develop to real-life fights, but the animosity between these big guilds is limited to trash-talking, as they all care about face. Moreover, the management of each guild generally knows each other,¡± Jiang Qiao replied with his own experience. The fervent fan fights between professional teams were intense, but rtionships between professional yers were often brotherly.

    ¡°This is also in preparation for the divine wars. Fureya¡¯s main quest has instilled the motivation for yers to reach level fifty. However, for first-tier yers, what they seek is not a dating sim experience but a sense of recognition and honor. Okay¡­ maybe some do like doll girls,¡±

    Jiang Qiao was saying this when he received a private message from Zhao Mingwei: ¡°Did you take the main quest rted to the doll as mentioned on the forum?¡±

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    PS: Hello everyone, I¡¯m pushing the book written by my fellow writer at Qidian, you¡¯ve probably already read it. It¡¯s Blue and White¡¯s ¡°Dungeon yers,¡± which is of a simr genre. You can check it out~~ Also, I made a small adjustment to chapter twenty-two regarding the protagonist¡¯s idea of creating a guild. Now the protagonist is firmly established as the dog nner.

 Chapter 56: The Best in the Field

    Chapter 56: Chapter 56: The Best in the Field

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Mo Shigui, as the guild leader of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, just led his members and a native of the Flowing Water Country to break the holy record of the first level with a time of thirty minutes and seven seconds.

    That was almost ten minutes faster than the record previously set by the natives!

    It was a record that the natives absolutely couldn¡¯t break without relying on Holy Spirits.

    When Mo Shigui walked out of the Tower of Trial, he was greeted by a crowd of people who offered flowers and apuse for him and other members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild for their ¡®feat¡¯.

    However, those celebrating the Dancing Nuclear Guild were not yers, but soldiers and some ministers of the Flowing Water Country.

    The Dancing Nuclear Guild had actually helped the NPCs of the Flowing Water Country refresh their record, and the yers outside the Tower of Trial were already used to the Dancing Nuclear Guild setting new instance records.

    The first time, passersby yers might still exim how awesome it was, but by the second and third times, they got used to it. Awesome as it was, they thought it better to spend the time leveling up themselves.

    ¡°Great Holy Spirits, the world will remember your feat¡± a minister who apanied them immediately ttered upon seeing the terrifying record time of thirty minutes and seven seconds.

    ¡°Oh, what about the rewards?¡±

    Mo Shigui didn¡¯t care much for the praise from these NPCs. The minister immediately took out arge bag of magic stones, handing over fifteen hundred pieces to Mo Shigui.

    When Mo Shigui touched the bag containing the magic stones, a prompt popped up: ¡®Please choose the distribution of magic stones.¡¯

    Magic stones were non-tradable items and could only be exchanged for costumes at the Pixie Merchant. Mo Shigui distributed all the magic stones to the Furry Rabbit in the team.

    In the past few days of running instances, they had collected all the costumes they wanted, except for the Furry Rabbit, who stillcked three. This run was to get new clothes for the Furry Rabbit.

    ¡°Oh, great Holy Spirits, may I boldly ask¡­ what do you collect these magic stones for?¡± the minister asked as Mo Shigui was about to turn away.

    ¡°Hidden quest? No¡­¡± Mo Shigui nced at Prince Segman in the team, who was talking to the Furry Rabbit. He was the only native in the team, and it was hard for Mo Shigui to see him as an NPC during the instance.

    The NPCs in Holy Spirits always gave Mo Shigui the illusion that they were real people, which gradually made him ustomed to the terrifying amount of preset dialogues and high intelligence of the NPCs in Holy Spirits.

    ¡°To get new clothes. If you want to know more, you can ask the Pixie Merchant. This instance record shouldst for quite a while.¡± Mo Shigui said, ¡°We won¡¯t take on the first level tasks anymore, the second level¡­¡±

    Before Mo Shigui could finish his sentence, the holy record on the first level¡¯s glory monument was suddenly refreshed once again!

    ¡®Congrattions Abyss Temple Guild: Can Xin, No Eyes, Egg Fried Rice, Tablecloth, Swimsuit Cop, Non-Herniated Disc for breaking the Tower of Trial¡¯s Iron Bug Nest speedrun record with a time of twenty-eight minutes and thirty-two seconds, currently ranked first!¡¯

    Mo Shigui¡¯s brows twitched slightly, and the calm expression on his face froze.

    Those ministers of the Flowing Water Country who thought the holy record was thoroughly secure panicked instantly. They nced at Mo Shigui and then at the entrance of the Trial Tower.

    ¡°Old Song! Sorry! We¡¯ve broken your record again.¡±

    The Elemental Mage with the ID Can Xin carried his magic wand and walked out from the entrance. Mo Shigui¡¯s expression did not change much. The rivalry between the Dancing Nuclear and Abyss Temple Guilds had been ongoing for a long time, almost to the point of forming emotional bonds.

    ¡°It¡¯s fine, we¡¯ve already earned enough magic stones. We¡¯re nning to tackle the second level.¡± Mo Shigui appeared calm or rather knew that the greatest meaning of the holy record on the first level¡­ was to cheat magic stones from those NPCs.

    The elite pioneers of the Dancing Nuclear Guild had already earned enough magic stones. There was no need to continue entangling with Abyss Temple on the first level. The holy record of the first level would, at most, be broadcasted near the instance, not even server-wide announcements.

    A record with such a small impact was not worth fighting a bloody battle with Abyss Temple.

    ¡°What a coincidence. We are also starting the second level tomorrow, but today, we can still refresh the first level record by another minute.¡± Can Xin said as he walked to the ministers of the Flowing Water Country, clearly intending to poach business.

    The ministers were bitter. The holy records had long been monopolized by the Holy Spirits. If the Flowing Water Country didn¡¯t seek the Holy Spirits to set holy records, the Dark me Country or the Rising Sun Country would certainly seek them.

    ¡°Guild Master, are you sure we won¡¯t give it another try?¡± a Gun Master named Ion Spark walked up unwillingly to ask.

    ¡°No point, too few yers know about this record, it doesn¡¯t benefit our guild much,¡± Mo Shigui said.

    ¡°But Guild Master! Holy Spirits¡¯ official page just got updated!¡± another team member said.

    ¡°Official webpage updated?¡±

    Mo Shigui didn¡¯t ask what was updated. He was a man of action, summoning the Celestial Browser tool.

    The official page of Holy Spirits was as simple as always, with only a login button and a qualification draw button.

    Every time Mo Shigui saw this page, he wondered: ¡®What does the Holy Spirits official want to do?¡¯

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    With Holy Spirits¡¯ current poprity, any gamepany should be thinking about how to make a lot of money, like through promotions or selling overpriced activation codes.

    Mo Shigui believed that now an activation code for Holy Spirits priced at a hundred thousand might even be bought.

    But not only did the officialsck these promotional activities, even the official website was unusually passive, with no in-game screenshots or promotional videos, looking as if saying ¡°If you get the test qualification, just y, if not, I can¡¯t help it.¡±

    Today, this simple official website finally had a new option¡­ an option named Holy Records.

    Holy Records? Isn¡¯t that what the NPCs call instancepletion records?

    Mo Shigui clicked in. A list of all current instances in Holy Spirits popped up in front of him. Without thinking, Mo Shigui clicked into the first level of the Tower of Trial.

    The webpage instantly changed. The first thing that caught Mo Shigui¡¯s eye was ¡®Holy Record Holder¡ªAbyss Temple Guild.¡¯ Below that was a string of yer IDs.

    While these words alone weren¡¯t much, the issue was that the webpage also included a video, one named ¡®y of the Game¡¯.

    Mo Shigui opened the video and found that the yer used was from the YouTube Video Network, which meant¡­ the officials of Holy Spirits had uploaded this video to the official YouTube channel, with the ount being ¡®Holy Spirits Game Official¡¯.

    This y of the Game video recorded footage of Abyss Temple¡¯s strategy in the first level.

    But passing yers had no patience to watch the entire strategy content, so the officials cleverly presented the most exciting parts of the strategy in a movie-like quality and editing.

 Chapter 57 - 57 The Best in the Field Â· 2

    Chapter 57: Chapter 57 The Best in the Field ¡¤ 2

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    There were three best performance videos from the Abyss Temple, with the first featuring Can Xin and a shield warrior named Fried Rice.

    In the best performance clip, the shield in the warrior¡¯s hand emitted a crimson glow and suddenly struck an Alchemy Mantis, causing sparks to fly. The scene then abruptly changed.

    The Alchemy Mantis was helplessly knocked into another Alchemy Mantis nearby, and the camera quickly zoomed past the gap between the two mantises, closing in on the Elemental Mage Can Xin standing behind them.

    Can Xin¡¯s character had ck hair and red eyes. Cold runes appeared on his hands, and as a smile appeared on Can Xin¡¯s face, the magical runes in his hands quickly formed into frost. The scene followed the release of an ice spike, rapidly pulling back as the ice spikes burst from the ground, instantly piercing and freezing the Alchemy Mantises into ice shards. The scene then froze at this moment.

    Extreme Ice Banquet, a skill that Elemental Mages learn at level thirty-eight. Can Xin must have learned this skill early using some special equipment.

    If we have to describe it, this segment is just amon scene where a shield warrior gathers enemies, and then an Elemental Mage wipes them out in one go.

    But¡­

    ¡°The editing is so cool.¡±

    ¡°Did the Abyss Temple have a professional field photographer? This is totally at the level of a game promotional CGI.¡±

    ¡°Do we have such photographers?¡±

    Mo Shigui listened to his teammates¡¯ discussions without saying much. This kind of footage, along with the editing rhythm, didn¡¯t seem like something a field journalist could produce just by carrying around camera equipment.

    This was an official recording video. In Can Xin¡¯s highlight moment, with the camera close-ups and the quick-paced editing, along with the skill¡¯s performance itself, at the moment Can Xin unleashed the Extreme Ice Banquet, it was as if he were a legendary spellcaster who had mastered countless elements, capable of destroying all material and biological entities with a mere wave of his hand.

    Such footage should only exist in game promotional CGI. In fact, these three best performance clips could already serve as promotional CGI for Holy Spirit, the kind of promotional clips that would make casual yers want to buy the game after watching them.

    Mo Shigui logged into YouTube, found the official Holy Spirit ount, and located the video titled ¡°Tower of Trial First Layer Holy Record ¨C Abyss Temple.¡±

    There weren¡¯t manyments on the video yet, but Mo Shigui believed it wouldn¡¯t be long before the screen was filled withments. Right now, there were already remarks like ¡°Million-dor editor¡± and ¡°Stop trying to fool me with CGI.¡±

    ¡°Captain, do we have one?¡± A teammate remembered that they had previously also secured the firstyer Holy Record.

    ¡°No,¡± Mo Shigui searched the official website and was disappointed to see that the Dancing Nuclear Guild¡¯s name was nowhere to be found, as all the instance records had been taken over by Abyss Temple.

    ¡°Captain, how about we raid it again? We can¡¯t just give up in front of the Abyss Temple, right?¡± Ion Spark suggested.

    ¡°You just want to get on TV,¡± Rain Song retorted mercilessly.

    ¡°Damn, don¡¯t you want to be featured in the best performance? I never knew yers¡¯ battle performances could be used as CGI,¡± Ion Spark shot back.

    Impressive.

    Mo Shigui watched the three best performance clips again. Even though he had been ying games for many years, the thought of his best moments in battle being so finely edited made him eager to give it a try.

    To put it simply, no matter how impressive the Dancing Nuclear Guild was, it was still a group of young people with an average age of around twenty. Mo Shigui himself was only twenty-seven years old.

    As young yers, or rather as all yers, what do they want most?

    A chance to show off. Any yer in any online game wouldn¡¯t miss an opportunity to show off. In MOBA games, ending the enemy with a pentakill, being top of the leaderboard with the most kills on the battlefield, or recording and uploading an outstanding performance to video-sharing websites for admiration¡­

    These are all opportunities to show off that yers never refuse. Mo Shigui knew the disappointment of having done a few incredible moves, only to have no one else notice.

    But the Holy Spirit¡¯s best performance system seemed to¡­ give Mo Shigui and a bunch of other show-off-loving yers a big help.

    It automatically recorded yers¡¯ remarkable operations during instance raids and preserved them with CGI-level editing and camera effects.

    Who could resist that?

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    Mo Shigui realized that if this Holy Record system had beenunched earlier, yers would probably have been thinking about how to perform cool moves during instance raids from the start.

    The key point was that these highlights would be showcased on the Holy Spirit¡¯s official website for all to see.

    Many potential yers considering ying Holy Spirit are probably constantly refreshing the official website!

    Mo Shigui knew that if he secured the Holy Record, or even all the Holy Records in Holy Spirit, the traffic and poprity it would bring to the Dancing Nuclear Guild would be¡­ enormous.

    First, he had to set the best time for each instance record!

    ¡°Let¡¯s raid it, why not.¡± Mo Shigui felt his seldom felt passion rekindle.

    ¡°You¡¯re awesome, Captain!¡± Ion Spark cheered, but what Mo Shigui said next left him dumbfounded.

    ¡°Ion Spark and Bunny Fur, you two go rest for now. To break the Abyss Temple record, we need a change in lineup.¡± Mo Shigui said.

    ¡°Huh? Captain, you¡­ that¡¯s not fair! Aren¡¯t I the highest DPS in the team?¡± Ion Spark was eager to be featured in the best performance. His mind was full of cool moves he hadn¡¯t yet executed when Mo Shigui kicked him out of the team.

    ¡°Our previous record wasn¡¯t the limit, but if we want to set a record that Abyss Temple can¡¯t break, you and Bunny Fur¡¯s operations are¡­ not precise enough.¡± Mo Shigui hesitated but chose the term ¡°not precise enough.¡±

    ¡°The captain thinks we¡¯re noobs.¡± Bunny Fur understood what Mo Shigui meant.

    ¡°We¡¯re noobs, Captain, don¡¯t you intend to pull in some professionals? Are they those pros?¡±

    Ion Spark didn¡¯t dare toin further. Mo Shigui was a coach for a professional team, and Rain Song was a retired pro yer. Who knew how many pros the two of them knew.

    ¡°Not sure, I need to ask¡­ Also, I read the Holy Record rules. As long as more than half of the team are guild members, the guild¡¯s name can be listed on the Holy Record, so hiring external help is allowed,¡± Mo Shigui said.

    ¡°Abyss Temple might be doing the same thing, inviting their pros to run instance records.¡± Ion Spark suddenly realized Abyss Temple could do the same.

    ¡°They¡¯re already doing that. Can Xin and Wu Yan are retired pros. Next, we might see a warrior named Anemia and a sniper named Arrogant, making it an all-star team,¡± Mo Shigui exined.

    In the professional circle, Abyss Temple was jokingly referred to as Evil Valley because their yers¡¯ IDs were all like this with disabilities.

    ¡°I¡¯ve always been curious if there¡¯s a healer named Steel te?¡± Ion Spark asked again.

    ¡°There is,¡± Mo Shigui confirmed.

    ¡°Setting instance records in Holy Spirit feels likepeting in the All-Star League for Dispute.¡± Bunny Fur said quietly.

    ¡°The mes of war have ignited. All major guilds will go all out,¡± Mo Shigui said, ¡°If I weren¡¯t worried about my boss docking my pay, I might have pulled in our active pro yers. But of course, that¡¯s just a spur-of-the-moment thought.¡±

 Chapter 58: Overview of In-Game and Out-of-Game Ecosystem

    Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Overview of In-Game and Out-of-Game Ecosystem

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Three dayster, Jiang Qiao was browsing the financial report and operation status of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± since itsunch in the Astrology Tower.

    The Book of Systems presented various data from the ¡°Holy Spirit¡± server in a projected format in front of Jiang Qiao.

    ording to the Book of Systems, the revenue brought by ¡°Holy Spirit¡± to Jiang Qiao was¡­ zero.

    Zero as it was, themercial value of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± had already fully manifested with the influx of yers. The price of a gold coin in ¡°Holy Spirit¡± had risen to 372 yuan, which was double that of the firstunch period.

    The more yers there were, the more the gold price increased instead of decreasing, which was within Jiang Qiao¡¯s expectations, and what was truly expensive in ¡°Holy Spirit¡± was the special equipment.

    ¡°Aren¡¯t you going to put some equipment on this trading website?¡±

    Hai Lan was using a small browsing tool on the Tiangong webpage to order takeaway. She used the webpage that Jiang Qiao often used, so there were some websites bookmarked by Jiang Qiao.

    She was learning to surf the inte very quickly, for instance, today she discovered a game item trading website called the 4396 Game Trading Network.

    This website was thergest game item and ount trading tform in China. When browsing this website, Hai Lan sessfully found the ¡°Holy Spirit¡± section.

    The ¡°Holy Spirit¡± section showed that the exchange rate of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± gold coin to Chinese currency was 1 to 372, and the recent increase was 90%, with a continuous upward trend likely.

    This made more money than stock trading.

    No matter how many times Jiang Qiao looked at it, he couldn¡¯t help but sigh.

    But what really caught Hai Lan¡¯s eye was¡­ the equipment trading section of the ¡°Holy Spirit¡± section, the most expensive item there was called ¡°Grona¡¯s Piggy Bank¡±.

    This was a special piece of equipment with no attribute bonuses, only an effect of increasing the amount of money obtained when killing bosses and elite monsters by 25%.

    Special equipment had no level restrictions, but the equipment itself upied a yer¡¯s equipment slot.

    The equipment for ¡°Holy Spirit¡± yers included helmets, tops, belts, pants, shoes, cloaks, gloves, two rings, two trinkets, plus an additional Blessing Totem and a two-handed weapon slot.

    Some Hunter and Gunslinger yers also had a ¡°Special Ammunition¡± equipment slot.

    In total, there were fourteen equipment slots, if a yer obtained a piece of special equipment that was a ring, this special equipment with nobat attribute bonus would upy one of the ring slots.

    In Jiang Qiao¡¯s design, special equipment had some¡­ April Fool¡¯s Day effects, most of them had negative effects outweighing positive ones. Equipment like Grona¡¯s Piggy Bank which could be used by all sses and had no negative effects had a high price on the ¡°Holy Spirit¡± equipment trading website.

    The price of Grona¡¯s Piggy Bank on the official ¡°Holy Spirit¡± website was 430,000 Chinese yuan, just this one piece of special equipment was enough for Jiang Qiao to buy a private car.

    ¡°Holy Spirit¡± prevented the possibility of operatives using multiple ounts or bots to farm gold coins, so the gold price of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± could potentially keep increasing. The Piggy Bank was a trinket slot equipment, if a rich yer bought two Piggy Banks to wear, they could produce 50% more gold coins when diving into instances, and it wouldn¡¯t take long to earn it back.

    ¡°I still have about ten more! There¡¯s also the Fire Elf¡¯s Wrath, Light Elf¡¯s Memory, Water Elf¡¯s Mercy, and so on,¡± Hai Lan said, a whole pile of Grona¡¯s Piggy Banks appearing in her hands, with three glowing Light Elf¡¯s Memories floating above her head, three small fireballs dropped beside her, and a cluster of liquid drops gathered at her feet.

    The Elemental Elf series was also high-priced equipment, and it belonged to the non-slot upying ¡°Blessing Totem¡± type. Its effect was to grant a certain probability of double casting for skills below level 35 of the corresponding attribute.

    The stable price on the 4396 Game Trading Network was upwards of 300,000 yuan.

    ¡°You really came up with the idea of the game¡¯s official selling equipment, huh.¡±

    Jiang Qiao closed the Book of Systems and mmed it directly on Hai Lan¡¯s head, causing all the Piggy Banks she was holding to scatter all over the floor.

    ¡°Is it not allowed?¡± Hai Lan rubbed her forehead, this was the second time she had been scolded by Jiang Qiao foring up with a bad idea.

    ¡°If you want to go out of business, then sure. The reason special equipment is so expensive is because there¡¯s no way to currently output it.¡±

    Jiang Qiao knew that the special equipment currently listed on the 4396 Game Trading Network all came from the first Abyss Hunt. Currently, there was no way to obtain special equipment from the main map of ¡°Holy Spirit¡±.

    As for epic equipment¡­ yers could obtain it from every hero-level instance, and although the difficulty was high, at least there was an output. A yer could find a good team and grind a month or so to get a full set of epic equipment, it wasn¡¯t that difficult.

    ¡°Nobody would probably know, right?¡± Hai Lan really had nomon sense on this aspect.

    ¡°You can¡¯t spend that much on a takeaway meal! ¡®Holy Spirit¡¯ will be profitable in the future, but right now the important thing is to expand the number of server users and increase the average level of yers.¡±

    Jiang Qiao had a very indifferent view about money. He wasn¡¯t without desires, when it was time to make money he would, but when it wasn¡¯t, he could easily control his desires. The bad idea Hai Lan proposed was the kind of money Jiang Qiao thought should not be made.

    ¡°Okay.¡± Hai Lan obediently ordered her takeaway.

    She was very obedient in this regard, which made Jiang Qiao feel more and more like he wasn¡¯t raising a goddess but rather a pet.

    After analyzing the trends in the financial system within ¡°Holy Spirit¡±, Jiang Qiao continued to open the Book of Systems to focus on the growth progress of the server itself.

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s conspiracy¡­ hmm¡­ new n was very sessful. The first was the newly released main story quest by the Doll Girl, which made arge number of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± yers, including Zhao Mingwei, rush to level up like crazy.

    Secondly, the newlyunched MVP rey feature of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± made many guilds startpeting fiercely for instance clear records. The frequency of guilds teaming up to run the Tower of Trial was several times higher than before.

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    Jiang Qiao felt that the guild leaders were starting to get serious. They not only started researching in-game, but seemed to be pulling in outside help as well.

    Over these three days, both Zhao Mingwei and Jiang Qiao spent their time responding to instance record invitations from various guilds, with Zhao Mingwei being the main yer and Jiang Qiao as an essory.

    As a result, the server¡¯s growth rate doubled in those three days. Previously, the yer limit on the server could steadily increase by 300 people per day, but over these three days it reached a steady growth of 700 yers per day.

    The ¡°Holy Spirit¡± yer count finally surpassed the 5,000 mark, reaching 6,700 yers.

    Hai Lan wanted to order a cake to celebrate, but Jiang Qiao knew that this number of yers was nothingpared to national level online games with daily active users in the millions. The 6,700 registered yers were really nothing.

    This 6,700 yer limit was the result of the first and second batch of ¡°Holy Spirit¡± yers grinding monsters in the Tower of Trial.

    ¡°Next is the growth of Creation Energy?¡± Jiang Qiao looked at the most basic Creation Energy, which had increased from 14,000 to 19,000 over these past few days, with an increase of three to four points every seven or eight minutes, asionally jumping to five or sixty points.

    All Creation Energy came from the monsters killed by yers in the Tower of Trial, and the energy obtained from yers dismantling relics.

    ¡°Hmm? Has the Wealth Child Segmane again?¡±

    Jiang Qiao saw the rate of increase in Creation Energy suddenly jump by +700, realizing immediately that his big money-maker had returned.

 Chapter 59 - 58: Wealth-Bringing Boy Segman (Please recommend! Please recommend!)

    Chapter 59: Chapter 58: Wealth-Bringing Boy Segman (Please rmend! Please rmend!)

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    Are those holy spirits all monsters?

    The Gun Knight¡¯s only thought recently was this. He had been fighting with those holy spirits for three whole days and nights, in a non-stop battle.

    Even though the tower spirit would restore his vitality and stamina after each battle, the Gun Knight still felt mentally exhausted.

    Maybe his endurance wasn¡¯t quite up to the level of being able to fight for seven days and nights. Even worse, the abilities used by those holy spirits were truly bizarre and unpredictable.

    During those three days, the Gun Knight had been bombarded by magic of various attributes, experienced swordsmanship, gun techniques, been hit in the face by giant hammers and shields, and endured strange negative statuses like poisoning, bleeding, and curses.

    What really made the Gun Knight feel incredulously astonished and crazed was¡­those holy spirits started to crazily refresh the holy records of the first level.

    When the Gun Knight was younger, he also challenged the holy records of the first level, achieving a time of forty-five minutes and thirty-seven seconds, ranking seventh.

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    This record had sustained for decades, bing a bottleneck that the young elites of their world couldn¡¯t break through.

    He had thought that the thirty-nine-minute holy record produced by their prince was already abnormal, but ever since these holy spirits arrived, the holy records of the first level entered a new era.

    In just fifteen minutes, theypleted an instance that would normally take an hour to clear.

    Now, the record for the fastest clear time of the first level is thirteen minutes and twenty-seven seconds, set by the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    This record was beyond what the indigenous people could imagine. Fortunately, the first level only allowed challenges from those under the age of thirty-five, and the sacred artifacts produced there weren¡¯t particrly valuable.

    But the issue was that these crazed holy spirits started to attempt to im the holy records of the second level! This was the lifeline of the four major countries.

    The sacred artifacts produced in the second and third levels were mostly vital strategic resources for each country.

    The Gun Knight didn¡¯t know how the higher-ups of the country viewed this matter, but today, he could finally leave that damned arena.

    He received a task personally assigned by the King, to escort Prince Segman in challenging the second level.

    The second level of the Tower of Trial had an age limit of under seventy years for the indigenous challengers. The Gun Knight was forty-seven this year and had sessfully challenged the second level once before.

    It wasn¡¯t surprising to the Gun Knight that thepetitive Prince Segman would challenge the second level now. What surprised him was another order in the escort mission.

    ¡®Absolutely, absolutely do not let Prince Segman touch an alchemy machine called the Enforcement Machine. If Prince Segman shows any intention of touching this machine, you are permitted to knock him out and bring him back to the country. This order is issued jointly by His Majesty the King, the Wise Mage, and the Sacred Artifact Storage¡¯s official. Knight receiving this order must follow it strictly, without error!¡¯

    Enforcement Machine? What on earth is that?

    The Gun Knight carefully read the ¡®sacred decree¡¯ again. During these three days, he had been immersed in either beating the holy spirits or being beaten by them, paying little attention to national affairs and not knowing what the Enforcement Machine was.

    He didn¡¯t even know what the holy spirits¡¯ purpose for taking magic stones was.

    ¡°Kermo, you waited long enough.¡±

    Segman appeared behind the Gun Knight at that moment. The Gun Knight nced at the arena where Soral was fighting the holy spirits and then promptly saluted Segman.

    ¡°Your Highness, you are already the best among the younger generation; there¡¯s no need to rush to challenge the second level.¡± The old mage following behind Segman tried to dissuade him anxiously.

    ¡°What about among them?¡± Segman pointed to the yers partying in the open distance and turned his gaze back to the old mage.

    ¡°This¡­ this¡­ Prince Segman, they are the holy spirits, the legendary saviors; there¡¯s no need topare yourself to them.¡± The old mage knew the reason why Segman was frantically enhancing his strength recently. He not only wanted to be the best in the indigenous world but also wanted to be the best among the yers.

    ¡°Then why can¡¯t we be our own saviors? The Flowing Water Country has never lost to anyone.¡± Segman lowered his voice and said, ¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯s a given that I¡¯m weaker than the holy spirits.¡±

    ¡°Your Highness¡­¡± The old mage wanted to say something, but the Gun Knight stepped forward and blocked his path with hisnce.

    ¡°Sage, you should go back first. I¡¯ll take care of Prince Segman.¡±

    The Gun Knight admired his own prince, Segman, because they shared the same trait¡ª apetitive spirit that refused to lose to anyone.

    ¡°Sigh¡­¡± The old mage knew that beyond Segman¡¯s character, another reason for his stubbornness was possibly love.

    In the past three days, Segman had gone on two runs with the Dancing Nuclear Guild. Although the guild helped Segman break the holy record of the first level, the more Segman interacted with the holy spirits, the more he realized his own weakness.

    Segman¡¯s actions now purely stemmed from the restlessness of a teenage boy wanting to show off in front of girls. In the Tower of Trial¡¯s indigenous world, it was normal for a thirty-year-old boy to just reach puberty.

    But the problem was¡­ how was the human Segman supposed to show off in front of a holy spirit ¡®girl¡¯? The Enforcement Machine gave Segman the answer.

    ¡°Your Highness, are you really going to look for some Enforcement Machine?¡± The Gun Knight noticed Segman wasn¡¯t heading toward the Tower of Trial but towards the open party held by the holy spirits.

    ¡°Are you going to stop me too?¡± Segman nced at the Gun Knight and said.

    ¡°As long as you don¡¯t tell His Majesty the King, I won¡¯t stop you. After all, I was once a disobedient kid too.¡± The Gun Knight adopted a surprisinglyid-back approach, as long as the strange alchemy machine didn¡¯t endanger Segman¡¯s safety, he wouldn¡¯t stop him.

    ¡°Very well!¡±

    Segman led the Gun Knight into the area where the fairy merchants were. Upon entering, the Gun Knight felt like he had walked into some sort of exotic ce, full of strangely dressed characters, with holy spirits wearing peculiar mascot heads everywhere.

    At first, Soral had guessed that the holy spirits were collecting magic stones to exchange them for these odd headgears, but since it was too absurd, most people in the Flowing Water Country denied it.

    When Segman walked in, all the holy spirits looked at him and smiled, which puzzled the Gun Knight.

    ¡°Prince Segman! You¡¯ve got another sacred artifact to blow up!¡± A holy spirit wearing a horse head shouted from afar.

    Segman kept a straight face and didn¡¯t respond, walking quickly to the NPC called Enforcement Master Yirui instead, and cleared his throat before speaking.

    ¡°I want to use Enforcement Machine No. 3!¡± As he spoke, Segman took out three magic stones and ced them in Yirui¡¯s hand.

    ¡°How many pieces of equipment do you think Segman will blow up this time?¡±

    ¡°I bet five pieces. He¡¯s too greedy, wanting every piece to reach plus thirteen.¡±

    The surrounding holy spirits raised their volume, teasingly.

    ¡°I haven¡¯t even started enforcing! It¡¯s too rude of you to make such assumptions!¡± Segman refuted loudly.

    ¡°What assumptions? We saw you try to enforce five sacred artifacts to plus thirteen yesterday, and they all exploded.¡± Another holy spirit chimed in.

    Segman¡¯s face flushed instantly, veins popping on his forehead; he was clearly embarrassed and angry, struggling to suppress his emotions.

    ¡°Just¡­ just five pieces of insignificant artifacts! You holy spirits talk about ¡®sacrificial items¡¯, don¡¯t you! Saying what¡¯s meant to break can¡¯t be considered an explosion!¡±

    Segman didn¡¯t speak any more difficult words. Over the past two days, when he wasn¡¯t in the Tower of Trial, he was feeding his own sacred artifacts to the Enforcement Machine.

    The enforcement effect brought by the machine was highly addictive to Segman. The staff in his hand was now a +13 ming Staff, tripling the destructive effect of his fire magic.

    ¡°Prince Segman, what are you going to do?¡± The Gun Knight listened quietly to the discussions around him, feeling a vague sense of unease.

    ¡°Shut up and watch!¡±

    Segman had now entered a state of high focus. He took out a small statue emitting red light and carefully ced it into the Enforcement Machine.

    Sacred Artifact No. 213, the Fire Gathering Statue! The Gun Knight recognized it as an important artifact of the Flowing Water Country.

    The Gun Knight watched helplessly as Segman threw this artifact into the Enforcement Machine, which then shook and spat out a pile of ck cinders and fragments.

    ¡°You¡­ Your Highness, where did the sacred artifact you put in go?¡± The Gun Knight was dumbfounded, hesitant to believe that the exquisite Fire Gathering Statue had turned into a pile of ck cinders.

    ¡°It shattered, can¡¯t you see?¡± Segman wasn¡¯t in a good mood either, and took out a dark blue ss sphere.

    Sacred Artifact No. 327¡­ the Magic Ball!

    The Gun Knight had worked in the Sacred Artifact Storage before. He could recognize the numbers, names, and value of each sacred artifact.

    Segman threw the ss sphere into the Enforcement Machine again. The Gun Knight felt a creeping fear, realizing this was just the beginning.

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 Chapter 60 - 59: Why Canâ€™t I Control This Hand?

    Chapter 60: Chapter 59: Why Can¡¯t I Control This Hand?

    Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion

    If Jiang Qiao¡¯s head would show a +1 sign every time he gained a bit of Creation Energy, then his head would now be bursting with +700 and +600 numbers.

    Right now, Jiang Qiao was mingling with the yers at the Tower of Trial, who surrounded Segman as if they were watching a wrestling match.

    ¡°The tenth piece of equipment failed to reach eleven; this NPC must be a rigged one from the officials.¡±

    ¡°Would a rigged NPC fail ten times in a row?¡±

    ¡°Whoa! It seeded! A +13 gauntlet!¡±

    ¡°This is definitely rigged!¡±

    Jiang Qiao listened to the surrounding yers¡¯ discussions as Segman put the fifth artifact into the enhancement machine, which nked and nged before spitting out a gauntlet radiating a crimson light.

    Segman¡¯s face bore a smile that was halfway between delight and mania. He didn¡¯t say anything but took out another artifact, preparing to put it into the enhancement machine.

    At this moment, the Gun Knight behind Segman realized he had been seriously negligent! Allowing Segman to continue his entanglement with that bizarre enhancement machine, the entire Flowing Water Country¡¯s artifacts might all turn to g.

    ¡°Prince Segman, stop touching that strange machine!¡±

    The Gun Knight grabbed Segman¡¯s shoulders and stared at him as he spoke.

    ¡°Put it on.¡± Segman didn¡¯t argue, handing the crimson-glowing gauntlet to the Gun Knight.

    ¡°Power Bracer, I¡¯ve worn this before. Prince Segman, you must stop throwing precious artifacts into¡­ Wait, what¡¯s happening?¡±

    The Gun Knight put on the Power Bracer handed over by Segman while speaking. He had worn this bracer in his youth, which could enhance the wearer¡¯s strength slightly.

    The strength enhancement effect was very noticeable, but the drawback was that it consumed physical strength at an exponential rate over time.

    However, when the Gun Knight put on the +13 enhanced Power Bracer, he only felt capable of punching through ten bulls!

    If the previous power boost of the bracer was 0.1, now it was 0.7!

    ¡°Impossible, this is the Power Bracer number 307. It couldn¡¯t be.¡± The Gun Knight mumbled to himself, looking at the number engraved by the Artifact Preservation Association on the bracer and the +13 symbol next to it.

    ¡°This is the effect of this enhancement machine. If this symbol changes to thirteen, the artifact¡¯s effect is tripled!¡±

    Segman said while shifting his gaze to the crimson spear in the Gun Knight¡¯s hand.

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    ¡°Kermo, do you want to give it a try?¡±

    ¡°This¡­ No!¡±

    The Gun Knight quickly hid the treasured spear behind him. This was a symbol of his status, a family heirloom passed down through the generations!

    If he turned this crimson spear into g, evenmitting seppuku on the spot wouldn¡¯t redeem his guilt.

    ¡°It won¡¯t turn to g before reaching ten! It won¡¯t even fail till six, at most consuming some magic stones! Don¡¯t you crave for more powerful strength?¡±

    By this point, Segman was fully possessed by his desire for power, nearly twisted with ambition to rival the strength of those Saint Spirits.

    ¡°This¡­ This¡­ No! Your Highness, I can¡¯t take this risk, nor can you!¡± The Gun Knight resisted the temptation of power but still took out a pendant from his chest. ¡°But if it¡¯s really as you say, the first six enhancements are risk-free¡­¡±

    Another one had fallen to the addiction.

    Jiang Qiao listened quietly to Segman and the Gun Knight¡¯s conversation, while his gaze wandered to other groups of yers.

    In these three days, many spies sent by other countries had arrived at the Tower of Trial to probe the secrets of the Saint Spirits.

    The prophecy of the Flowing Water Country¡¯s doom might have spread among the native world, but not many believed it; they were merely testing if they could ally with the Saint Spirits.

    Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t care much about the espionage and attempts to recruit by other countries. If those spies could truly sway the yers, Jiang Qiao would be quite happy¡­ because their recruitment meant rewards, and rewards meant the yer could be stronger.

    The Saint Spirits had a dynamic task system that included dynamic dialogue options.

    These were akin to AI-based judgment systems, simr to the dialogue between the Rabbit Doll and Segman earlier, which was based on this dynamic task system.

    Whatever stories the yers could write in the Holy Spirit World or other worlds in the future, Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t intend to interfere. His role was to guide the overarching direction.

    So now, Jiang Qiao needed to prepare for the impending Divine War.

    ¡°Hai Lan, let¡¯s go,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°Huh? Aren¡¯t you going to entice them to toss in more artifacts? I see quite a few natives here considering it.¡±

    Hai Lan had a keen eye; her sharpness in spotting potential ¡°food¡± locations almost depleted Jiang Qiao¡¯s hidden food reserves within the half-month she stayed at his house.

    This world was no exception. Just floating mid-air, Hai Lan spotted several native spies mixed in with the yers, eyeing the enhancement machine¡¯s power with eagerness.

    ¡°Enhancing equipment can wait. Now we need to start promoting the Divine War instance.¡±

    Jiang Qiao nced at the level leaderboard. ¡°Add Milk, No Extra Charge,¡± the Hero Emperor, had solidly reached level 40. In ten days, she would likely hit max level. yers in the second tier were all at level 38.

    The leveling craze brought by the Doll Girl exceeded Jiang Qiao¡¯s expectations. Soon, the Saint Spirits would see a wave of max level yers.

    Max-level yers would undoubtedly desire new content, prompting Jiang Qiao to elerate the game¡¯s version updates.

    ¡°Promote it? How? Like you said before, with something like, ¡®Bro,e to Divine War and sh me?¡¯¡±

    Hai Lan¡¯s memory was excellent; she remembered all the ¡°weird talk¡± Jiang Qiao had said perfectly.

    ¡°New instances need yers to know what they are; a brief intro of the bosses and the background story is necessary.¡±

    Jiang Qiao left the Tower of Trial and returned to the Astrologer¡¯s Tower in the Saint Spirit World. Hai Lan followed him and understood his intention when she saw Jiang Qiao creating a new ¡°scouting machine.¡±

    ¡°Are you heading to my divine dimension for photos and videos?¡± Hai Lan was now a bona fide goddess of the twenty-second century, even taking food delivery photos for her social media, though Jiang Qiao was her only friend.

    But Jiang Qiao believed¡­ if the Divine War was sessful, Hai Lan¡¯s friend list would grow.

    ¡°More urately, it¡¯s to take obituary photos of those bosses,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

 Chapter 61 - 60 Taking Memorial Photos for the Bosses

    Chapter 61: Chapter 60 Taking Memorial Photos for the Bosses

    The second time Jiang Qiao visited Hai Lan¡¯s divine ne Fragment, the atmosphere within the realm had changed somewhat.

    Outside the city walls were still arge number of soldiers turned into mummified corpses, but inside the city, Jiang Qiao could sense six powerful presences, holding positions in the city¡¯s six most important locations.

    The city gate, the armory, the Mage Tower, the underground prison, the execution ground in the center of the city streets, and the entrance to the King¡¯s pce.

    ¡°Have the five mini-bosses awakened? And there seem to be more than a dozen other presences, probably elite monsters.¡±

    Jiang Qiao floated above this city of the living dead as a sphere of light. This exploration was a specially optimized energy-saving version by Jiang Qiao, possessing all the functionalities of the previous exploration device, and each resurrection only required five points of Creation Energy.

    Just as Jiang Qiao had activated the camera feature, a hurricane attacked him directly.

    It was a long crossbow bolt¡­ or perhaps an arrow, long enough to smash an adult into pieces.

    This arrow directly smashed the reconnaissance state Jiang Qiao into debris.

    ¡°So inhospitable, huh?¡±

    After resurrecting, Jiang Qiao quickly lowered his height and floated toward the city wall, where a Knight, nearly two and a half meters tall and d in heavy armor, was fitting a two-meter-long arrow onto his massive bow.

    ¡°The scent of an intruder,¡± a muffled voice leaked from beneath the Knight¡¯s helmet.

    Before he could be targeted by the massive bow in his hand, Jiang Qiao threw a Reconnaissance Technique onto him.

    ¡®Name: Hawkeye Skorn, Level: 60, ss: Warrior Ranger, Description: One of Queen Mei¡¯s top five Knights, ¡°Hawkeye¡± is amon nickname. In fact, this giant race archer does not have good eyesight and suffers from severe myopia. The reason why his archery is so urate is his excellent hearing, a super sixth sense unique to his race, and from the memories of Hai Lan that I have essed, this Hawkeye Knight hates spicy food. Perhaps spices like Reaper Peppers could have surprising effects on him. He also fears Yellow Jacket Chloe¡¯s scolding. Moreover, he enjoys taking care of flowers and has quite a green thumb, but unfortunately, every flower in this ne Fragment has withered.¡¯

    Why does Jiang Qiao always see his own quips when punched in creator mode.

    Jiang Qiao thought about it and modified some of the information provided by the Reconnaissance Technique on this Hawkeye Knight. The data essible to yers would be¡­

    ¡®Guardian¡¤Hawkeye Skorn, Level: 60, Elite Lord, Health Points: 3934350/3934350.¡¯

    ¡°You shouldn¡¯t be here!¡±

    The Knight seemed very annoyed at Jiang Qiao¡¯s appearance in front of him; he directly lifted the long arrow in his hand, capable of being used as ance, and smashed it toward Jiang Qiao.

    ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll just take a photo of you and leave. This pose is perfect.¡±

    Jiang Qiao took an exceptionally handsome photo of the Hawkeye Knight, one hand holding the bow, the other smashing down with the crossbow.

    This photo, once photoshopped by Jiang Qiao, could directly be posted on the official website as the promotion for this boss.

    The cost of taking this candid photo was¡­ being smashed into pieces by the Hawkeye Knight once again.

    After resurrecting into fragments again, Jiang Qiao floated toward the execution tform located in the city center.

    Hawkeye stood by the city gate without chasing after Jiang Qiao any longer. He seemed restricted by somemand, annoyingly pped his helmet, and ultimately could only sit frustratedly on the city wall waiting for the next invader to appear outside the walls.

    Jiang Qiao floated to the vicinity of the execution tform in the city center without incident. The area around the tform was still very lively, with the living dead civilians continuing their day-to-day life.

    While searching for a small BOSS near the execution tform in Jiang Qiao, Jiang Qiao discovered that his ¡°chest¡± had been prated by some kind of whip-like weapon.

    ¡°Is the invader referred to by Queen Mei you?¡±

    A somewhat dry voice came from behind Jiang Qiao. Revived once again, he turned to look behind him where on the rooftop of a building stood a petite figure wearing a white mask and draped in a dark yellow robe.

    The woman was holding a type of chain de, which could be swung like a whip but was much more lethal.

    Without any self-introduction, Jiang Qiao immediately threw another Reconnaissance Technique.

    ¡®Name: Yellow Jacket Chloe, Level: 64, Profession: Assassin¡¯s range ¡¤ Long-range, Description: One of the five strongest knights under Queen Mei, Yellow Jacket Knight is the only female among these knights. Responsible for assassination tasks, she is a cold-blooded, ruthless, yet somewhat haughty assassin. She is also one of the two knights who are not single; the other is the Wolf Knight, who is her partner. They were deeply in love before the apocalypse, even discussing marriage and children. Unfortunately, the wedding never started, and the world turned into fragments. Then the Wolf Knight lost his sanity and became a monster, imprisoned in a dungeon. She still deeply loves the Wolf Knight.¡¯

    Where did he know these small bits of news from about himself in creator mode¡­

    ¡°What ability did you use to look into my past?¡±

    The Yellow Jacket Knight had noticed that Jiang Qiao had used the Reconnaissance Technique on her and, in her angered state, swung the chain de again, piercing Jiang Qiao right through.

    ¡°Don¡¯t get so worked up, I¡¯m not some kind of bad guy.¡±

    While Jiang Qiao said this, he kept clicking the shutter against the Yellow Jacket Knight, snapping over a dozen photos of her in action.

    These included pictures of her standing still, swinging her weapon, and swinging her weapon to finish him off. Jiang Qiao captured them all.

    ¡°What are you?¡± Yellow Jacket Knight realized her chain de was somehow unable to kill Jiang Qiao, but she could feel that she was draining some kind of energy from him.

    Having noticed this, she swung her chain de again, killing Jiang Qiao multiple times. She knew that perhaps one time would not kill Jiang Qiao, but trying several times might¡­

    ¡°Chloe! Stop!¡±

    A voice suddenly made the Yellow Jacket Knight stop her weapon-wielding motion.

    ¡°Give me a reason to stop,¡± she said coldly to a figure standing in the square below.

    ¡°Give me a minute tomunicate with this invader. He is merely a reconnaissance Spiritual Body; killing him repeatedly is useless. Perhaps we can ask something from him!¡± said the man known as Lama.

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    ¡°¡­Only one minute.¡± The Yellow Jacket Knight thought for a moment and decided to spare Jiang Qiao for now.

    Jiang Qiao, as he had hoped, drifted to the man named Lama, who was the BOSS guarding the execution ground.

    Jiang Qiao threw another Reconnaissance Technique onto him.

    ¡®Name: Lama the axe-wielding man, Level: 68, Profession: Priest¡¯s range ¡¤ Warrior¡¯s range, Description: An axe-wielding man from a foreignnd, who came to this city to hunt a kind of evil creature. However, the apocalypse froze his time forever within this city. He is a very talkative and kind man, almost to a fault. He would unhesitatingly raise his axe against undead, skeletons, vampires, and werewolves, yet now he has be a living corpse, and he swears loyalty to Queen Mei. I can¡¯t find the reason behind it.¡¯

    ¡°Invader, I believe we don¡¯t have much time to talk.¡±

    As Jiang Qiaonded in front of him, he squeezed out a brilliant smile, but being in a living corpse state, his smile was enough to make babies cry.

 Chapter 62 - 61 What is the BOSS doing during server maintenance?

    Chapter 62: Chapter 61 What is the BOSS doing during server maintenance?

    Jiang Qiaonded in front of the axe-wielding man in the form of a light orb, and after locking eyes with the axe-wielding man for two seconds, Jiang Qiao pre-emptively raised the small shovel in his hand before the axe-wielding man had a chance to speak.

    ¡°Have you ever considered changing jobs?¡± Jiang Qiao got straight to the point, already digging at Queen Mei¡¯s corner.

    NPCs with high levels and self-awareness were precisely what Jiang Qiao urgently needed¡ªreaching level sixty-eight required Hai Lan to continuously devour four Divine Fragments, raising the yer¡¯s level cap to this height.

    Moreover, NPCs could also improve their levels, though not as quickly as yers who could max out in a month. Their progression was more simr to cultivation,plete with breakthroughs of realms and such.

    However, Jiang Qiao could transform low-level NPCs into Holy Spirits, but to transform a high-level NPC like this one into a Holy Spirit would be akin to deleting and restarting their ount.

    Yet an elite lord-level NPC still possessed considerablebat strength and high potential for growth.

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s n in this divine war was to subdue this group of individuals one by one with his small shovel.

    The Five Knights were unwaveringly loyal to Queen Mei, certainly, but this axe-wielding man was described as a foreigner; logically, his loyalty to the queen couldn¡¯t be that high.

    ¡°This jest you start with is quite unexpected.¡±

    The axe-wielding man maintained a smile on his face, whereas the Wasp Knight beside him, upon seeing Jiang Qiao, her enemy, poaching right before her eyes, nearly waved her chain de to finish off Jiang Qiao again.

    ¡°I¡¯m not joking, big brother, I¡¯m serious. Right now you¡¯re working for Queen Mei, and without any guarantees for food, clothing, or shelter, you¡¯re living quite a poor life. If youe to me, though¡­ I can guarantee you a cure for the Corpse Curse and¡­ how should I put it, a whole new world awaits you. Things like video games, the inte, all sorts of cuisines¡ªI don¡¯t know what interests you, but there¡¯s bound to be something you¡¯ll like.¡±

    Jiang Qiao was genuinely contemting this matter. The more Divine Realms Hai Lan devoured in the future, the more NPCs Jiang Qiao woulde across.

    Jiang Qiao did not n to exterminate all these NPCs in his strategy. They were precious instance bosses! Exterminating them in one go, there would be nothing left for the yers to fight against.

    Adopting a strategy of sustainable development, Jiang Qiao truly pondered establishing a welfare system for these bosses, like social insurances and a housing fund. There had to be adequate life guarantees and various entertainment facilities, ensuring that these bosses wouldn¡¯t be¡­ withdrawn during the times they were tormented by yers.

    Confident in Earth¡¯s entertainment offerings, Jiang Qiao believed Earth¡¯s methods of amusement were unparalleled in the entire universe!

    Earth¡¯s entertainment was top-notch across the cosmos!

    ¡°Is that enough?¡±

    Wasp Knight coldly interjected from the side. The new life and cuisines mentioned by Jiang Qiao did sound rather tempting to a person who had endured the Corpse Curse¡¯s torture for a hundred years.

    But Jiang Qiao was a messenger from the Sea Blue Goddess. The Sea Blue Goddess was the cause of their predicament, and the hatred Wasp Knight held for her had seeped into her bones¡ªa hatred that extended to the Goddess¡¯s followers and servants.

    Even though Wasp Knight herself had once been a devout follower of the Sea Blue Goddess.

    ¡°I can¡¯t believe your words any more than Lady Wasp Knight does,¡± said the axe-wielding man, raising his hand slightly to prevent the Wasp Knight from attacking while addressing Jiang Qiao, ¡°I once believed in the Sea Blue Goddess, but she abandoned us¡­ This time I¡¯ve decided to follow Queen Mei. As long as we plunder enough Divine Fragments, we can achieve what we desire.¡±

    ¡°So, there¡¯s no deal to be made? Well, that¡¯s within my expectations. Anyway, I didn¡¯te here to persuade you with mere words, but before I leave, let me give you a gift.¡±

    A glint of light appeared in Jiang Qiao¡¯s hand as he spoke, prompting Wasp Knight to raise her chain de once more; however, she was again stopped by the axe-wielding man.

    Because a minute had not yet passed.

    ¡°What is this?¡± The axe-wielding man thought Jiang Qiao might unleash some attack magic or create a weapon of destruction, such as a bomb, but what appeared in Jiang Qiao¡¯s hand was instead a small stack of paper items.

    ¡°Poker cards,¡± Jiang Qiao named a universally popr entertainment item, ¡°Aren¡¯t you all bored in this world? This thing is for fun, and we still have at least a couple of weeks before the real battle begins.¡±

    As he spoke, Jiang Qiao unwrapped the deck of poker cards in his hands.

    ¡°Could you extend the peace negotiations by a minute or two? I¡¯ll teach you how to y Landlord, a game that can help pass some boring time,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    Although the city was heavily guarded, the deadliest aspect was thepleteck of entertainment within. Those mindless zombies were one thing.

    Jiang Qiao had overheard these self-aware heroes spending their time mostly in deep slumber to while away their hours.

    ¡°We don¡¯t need your pity!¡± The Ho Knight¡¯s chain-de was already itching to move.

    ¡°Uh¡­ Actually, I have other things to do, so I won¡¯t exin it in person. I¡¯ll make a Landlord game instruction manual for you instead.¡±

    Jiang Qiao found the most detailed instructions for ying Landlord on a web browser tool, turning the text into a physical manual.

    After Jiang Qiao had done all this, a long spear made up of thunderbolt shot from the distance and pierced through his body.

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    The system notification informed Jiang Qiao that a knight named Lion Heart had killed him with a Thunder Spear, sessfully dropping a set of poker cards and a Landlord game instruction manual.

    ¡°Why not eliminate the invader!¡±

    A knight d in dark golden armor arrived at the execution ground, he was Lion Heart, the knight guarding the entrance to the castle pce.

    ¡°You already did,¡± The Ho Knight nced at the scorched mark left by the thunder on the ground; the globule that Jiang Qiao had transformed into was gone, leaving only the stack of poker cards and the Landlord instruction manual Jiang Qiao had left behind.

    The axe-wielding man picked up the Landlord instruction manual and the poker cards from the ground, he opened the manual and began to look it over.

    The text was easily understandable to the axe-wielding man¡­

    ¡°Lama, dispose of that thing! Anything rted to the Sea Blue Goddess is a forbidden item,¡± the Ho Knight spoke out.

    ¡°This wasn¡¯t created by the Sea Blue Goddess, it¡¯s just an interesting strategic game. Do you want to try ying a few rounds?¡±

    The axe-wielding man flicked through all the rules in the Landlord instruction manual and shuffled the poker cards in his hand slightly.

    His invitation was not only to the Ho Knight, but he was also inviting the Lion Heart knight who hade to check things out.

    ¡°I¡¯m not in the mood for leisure,¡± the Ho Knight retracted his chain-de, intending to leave the execution ground.

    ¡°So what will you go back and do? Continue to sleep? Or patrol? After sleeping for centuries, you should find something to do,¡± the axe-wielding man called out loudly to the Ho Knight, who was turning around to leave, ¡°And if you want to keep your sanity intact, you must do something different!¡±

    Both the Ho Knight and the Lion Heart Knight stopped in their tracks upon hearing this. Those zombies from the past had their own consciousness, but they gradually gave up thinking as time dragged on.

    To maintain their consciousness in this apocalyptic world, they needed to find fresh things to do.

    ¡°Just one round,¡± the Ho Knight finally turned around and said.

 Chapter 63 - 62 NPCs

    Chapter 63: Chapter 62 NPCs

    Jiang Qiao hadpleted his reconnaissance of the Hai Lan¡¯s divine ne Fragment and began to work on writing the copy for the instance event.

    Regarding the main storyline of Holy Spirit World, Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t n to make up stories out of thin air; instead, he decided to write everything based on the real-life story progression.

    However, during the writing process, Jiang Qiao still made some minor adaptations. For example, it was true that Queen Mei was a Traitor, but on the official website, Jiang Qiao changed the yers¡¯ act of depleting her health to purifying the Corpse Curse.

    Jiang Qiao also specifically mentioned on the official website that this was a battle of doom. If the yers couldn¡¯t defeat the army of corpses under Queen Mei¡¯smand, the world of Holy Spirit might face a disastrous fate.

    Jiang Qiao felt that most yers would probably take this as a background story.

    But if the yers really couldn¡¯t withstand Queen Mei¡¯s forces, the ne of the Tower of Trial would be the first to suffer, followed by the ne of its native inhabitants.

    By then, Queen Mei¡¯s ambition would have been fulfilled, and she could use these two nes to create an endless army to invade the various nes on the star chart.

    ¡°Just for the sake of a wife, everyone should have a sense of urgency, right?¡± Jiang Qiao muttered as he uploaded three photos of Queen Mei sitting on her throne to the official website.

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s photography skills weren¡¯t all that great, but Queen Mei¡¯s foundation was so good that no matter how he took the picture, it came out looking like CG-level beautiful.

    Especially when the Holy Light fell on Queen Mei, the photos were breathtakingly beautiful on their own.

    ¡°Hold on, hold on! Are you sure the yers won¡¯t¡­ fall in love with her instead?¡± Hai Lan saw these three photos and tried to stop Jiang Qiao first. Queen Mei¡¯s charm and Fureya¡¯s charm were at two extremes.

    One was like a dazzling sun, while the other was like a hearth fire illuminating the yers in the dark. To Hai Lan¡¯s aesthetic, Queen Mei¡¯s charm seemed to firmly overshadow their own doll-like sister.

    ¡°Why would they fall in love with someone else?¡± Jiang Qiao asked, puzzled.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you think this queen looks better than our Fureya?¡± Hai Lan used ¡°our¡± to describe Fureya.

    ¡°Then won¡¯t the yers take Queen Mei as a concubine?¡±

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s nextment made Hai Lan tilt her head slightly in confusion, as if a big question mark appeared above her head at that moment.

    Hai Lan seemed to ponder what the term ¡°concubine¡± meant.

    ¡°Just as the name implies, it means a second wife.¡± Jiang Qiao still used a term that Hai Lan could understand. ¡°There¡¯s no monogamy in Holy Spirit World, and calling a doll sister ¡®wife¡¯ is just expressing affection. If the yers can fall for the doll sisters, then there¡¯s no difference in them liking Queen Mei as well.¡±

    This phenomenon Jiang Qiao described had already appeared on the forum of Holy Spirit World.

    There were quite a few beautiful NPCs in the game; their charm just wasn¡¯t as high as Miss Fureya¡¯s.

    For instance, a flower-selling NPC girl named Dor from Eagle w City had been unearthed by yers because of her high attractiveness, and a small portion of yers on the forum had unterally dered her their second wife.

    Jiang Qiao felt it wouldn¡¯t be a problem if the yers took Queen Mei as their third wife or even fourth wife.

    ¡°This¡­ this¡­ isn¡¯t this too disloyal?¡±

    While speaking, Hai Lan logged into the Holy Spirit World forum, and after careful searching, she found that in just three days, due to the main mission released by Guardian Spirit¡¤Furya, the yers¡¯ hearts had been touched. While dering ¡®I will always like Miss Fureya.jpg¡¯, they also started searching Holy Spirit World for beautiful NPCs, both male and female¡­

    Looking at the content of several posts found by Hai Lan, these Holy Spirit World yers weren¡¯t just talking about a second wife¡ªthird, fourth, fifth concubines, the whole series was lined up.

    ¡°But it seems like the fundamental problem hasn¡¯t been solved.¡± Hai Lan felt that her values were a bit shaken after reading for a while, so she sensibly closed those posts on the forum and redirected the topic back to the issue of Queen Mei¡¯s charm being too great, which could lead to yers¡¯ defection or going easy on her.

    ¡°So, in this god-tier ne war, the task I¡¯m giving yers isn¡¯t to kill Queen Mei, but to purify her and free her from the Corpse Curse.¡±

    Jiang Qiao, after conducting two investigations, could basically confirm that Queen Mei¡¯s health pool was shared with the entire zombie army of the ne.

    To put it bluntly, killing a single ordinary zombie soldier could also injure Queen Mei herself.

    Jiang Qiao also informed all yers about this on the official event description on the website.

    If there really were yers who liked Queen Mei, then they would fight even harder in this god-tier battle.

    ¡°Some rewards are also essential,¡± Jiang Qiao said as he brought out a reward he had prepared with great care, a piece of Special Equipment avable only during the god-tier battle.

    A figurine, or rather not just a figurine, it should be described as a chibi-sized sprite.

    ¡°Is this a mini version of Queen Mei?¡± Hai Lan recognized who the prototype of the sprite Jiang Qiao held was when he gently poked its light golden hair, and it shook its head impatiently.

    This action told Hai Lan that this was not just an ordinary piece of equipment; it had at least some measure of self-awareness.

    ¡°This is a special totem equipment, called Miniature Queen Mei; its effect is an active skill that can help yers remove a negative status.¡±

    Jiang Qiao, while saying this, ced the mini Queen Mei onto his shoulder. This chibi sprite had a simr appearance and aura to Queen Mei herself.

    ¡°This Special Equipment will be one of the hardest rewards to obtain in the god-tier battle. To exchange for this equipment, one must achieve outstanding results in the god-tier battle,¡± Jiang Qiao said with a smile.

    ¡°You¡­ are so wicked,¡± Hai Lan could only think of the word ¡®wicked¡¯ after a moment.

    ¡°How can you say wicked? I¡¯m just increasing the yers¡¯ enthusiasm for raiding instances,¡± Jiang Qiao replied.

    Jiang Qiao had finished editing the introduction page for the god-tier battle event while chatting with Hai Lan, but he didn¡¯t n to release it just yet.

    The event would have to wait until the first batch of max-level yers emerged before Jiang Qiao released the full details of the event on the official website.

    As for what Jiang Qiao needed to do now, it was probably just leveling up.

    Jiang Qiao opened his private chat messages, and his friend list had already grown quite a bit¡­ including guild leaders, added while Jiang Qiao was ying as Zhao Mingwei.

    Zhao Mingwei had also coincidentally sent a private message to Jiang Qiao at that moment.

    ¡®Running an instance?¡¯

    ¡®At this time? Are you giving up professional y for your wife?¡¯

    Jiang Qiao nced at the time. It was only twelve o¡¯clock. Ever since Zhao Mingwei had found out about the main quest involving the doll girl, he had been running instances much more frequently than before.

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    ¡®It¡¯s the weekend. I¡¯m taking a day off¡­ and besides, May Day ising up soon.¡¯

    Zhao Mingwei¡¯s message reminded Jiang Qiao that in nine days, Huaguo would be weing a seven-day mega holiday. Jiang Qiao was d that May Day in this parallel world was still so lengthy.

    That would also be the best time for Jiang Qiao tounch the god-tier battle event. He had already thought of the slogan for the promotion.

    Where to go for the long May Day holiday? Join the seven-day tour of the god-tier battle ne! Not only can you spend the holidays with tens of thousands of zombies, but you can also have a close look at Queen Mei!

 Chapter 64 - 63: One-Day Instance Tour

    Chapter 64: Chapter 63: One-Day Instance Tour

    Nine dayster, on the first day of the May Day holiday.

    Jiang Qiao, as a qualified inte-addicted teenager, although he hadn¡¯t been able to go on a vacation in the real world, had followed Zhao Mingwei, acting as his little follower in the Holy Spirit World, and visited several famous ¡°sights¡± such as Death teau, Shadow Mist Canyon, and ck Dragon Nest with various guilds.

    Today¡¯s destination for Jiang Qiao was the ck Dragon Nest, and the tickets were purchased by the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    The ck Dragon Nest was one of the three major endgame instances in the Holy Spirit World, which focused on dragon-type monsters. Theyout of this instance was inspired by the famous instance, ck Stone Tower, from World of Warcraft.

    Thus, the initial design of the ck Dragon Nest was a tower located on ava volcano. The upper section was controlled by the ck dragons, while the lower section was home to a terrifying Elemental Lord.

    The Dancing Nuclear Guild was attempting the upper section of the ck Dragon Nest, battling the heroic difficulty level with a team limited to twenty-five yers.

    The difficulty levels for instances in the native world of Holy Spirit were divided into three categories: normal, hard, and heroic.

    Both hard and heroic levels could produce epic level gear, but the drop rate of epic gear at the hard level was extraordinarily low; most yers needed to run the instance two or three times to get a piece. The epic drop rate at the heroic level was slightly more generous, with a high probability of producing one epic gear per run.

    But amongst a team of twenty-five people, getting a piece of this epic gear also required a bit of luck.

    ¡°You don¡¯t know how terrifying my power is¡­ argh¡­¡±

    One of the final bosses in the instance, the ck Dragon Princess, was overwhelmed by a barrage of shy skills from the Holy Spirit yers, and fell to the ground with a scream before she could finish her sentence.

    As the enormous body of the ck Dragon Princess crashed down, breaking several pirs in an instant, a pale golden glow emanated from Jiang Qiao¡¯s body, and his level rose from forty-nine to fifty.

    ording to the level rankings disyed, Jiang Qiao was the one hundred and twenty-seventh yer to reach max level.

    There was also a hidden boss in the ck Dragon Nest, the ck Dragon Prince, which the Dancing Nuclear Guild nned to regroup before tackling.

    ¡°Fluffy Bunny,e loot the body, and Spasm,e peel the skin and bones off this dragon,¡± Mo Shigui called out to the guild¡¯s luckiest nurse ¡°sister,¡± then instructed a Hunter yer in the group who had the skinning skill.

    ¡°Coming,ing!¡±

    Fluffy Bunny hopped enthusiastically over to the dead ck Dragon Princess, and after feeling around the equipment, the Hunter yer began to strip various materials from the body of the ck Dragon Princess.

    These materials could also be used to craft certain fixed epic gear, which was a very yer-friendly system especially for those with bad luck.

    Mo Shigui wasn¡¯t too focused on the gear drops this time, as he already possessed aplete set of endgame gear, onlycking a perfect creation.

    He sheathed his shield and sat down next to Zhao Mingwei¡¯s Mind Energy Master character, then took out two bottles of Magic Power juice from his backpack.

    ¡°What¡¯s on your mind?¡± Mo Shigui handed one of the bottles of Magic Power juice to Zhao Mingwei, who opened it and took a gulp that went ¡®glug, glug, glug¡¯, and a sign appeared above his head showing MP+2500.

    ¡°Old Song, you¡¯ve been ying this game for half a month now, you¡­ do you really think Holy Spirit World is just a game?¡± Zhao Mingwei suddenly asked.

    This statement made Jiang Qiao¡¯s ears perk up instantaneously; he even wanted to cast an Eavesdropping Technique on himself.

    ¡°Have you developed feelings from ying Holy Spirit World? I can understand you, Smile Master. This game is indeed fun. The life professions and some of the extended side quests are very¡­ ingenious, and thebat system is the most interesting one I¡¯ve encountered in any game. There are also a lot of professions. Just the job change system alone has kept me and my team busy for a long time.¡± Mo Shigui said, pouring himself another ss of Magic Power juice. This juice had no taste, and Mo Shigui didn¡¯t feel like he was drinking anything, but a conversation between men had to involve drinking!

    ¡°That¡¯s not what I¡¯m talking about. Don¡¯t you feel¡­ the world of Holy Spirit is truly ¡®alive¡¯?¡± Zhao Mingwei asked.

    ¡°A world that breathes? I remember a game that used this slogan, but although Holy Spirit World has many side quests and hidden tasks, the NPCs¡¯ actions are predictable, their preset dialogs are so numerous it¡¯s almost incredible, but a game is still a game.¡± Mo Shigui paused suddenly, thinking of something. ¡°Smile Master, have you considered leaving the monkhood? Is it because of that female NPC? I guess it¡¯s Guardian Spirit¡¤Furya?¡±

    Mo Shigui was not a gossipy person, but he did enjoy gossiping about Zhao Mingwei, who was also known as ¡®The Holy Monk¡¯ in his professional circles.

    Because Zhao Mingwei was a very pure person, a purist gamer, his view of gaming was just gaming, things like making money through games or deceiving girls had never crossed his mind.

    ¡°Don¡¯t you think Furya feels like a real person?¡± Zhao Mingwei did not deny Mo Shigui¡¯s words, he knew some of the inside stories of Holy Spirit World, but he hadn¡¯t told anyone.

    ¡°A real person? All of Furya¡¯s lines have already been posted on the forum by a poster from the team called Prolific Scribes ¡ªa total of seven hundred seventy-two lines. Whenever you speak with her, her response will definitely be one of those seven hundred seventy-two lines. Do you still think she¡¯s a real person?¡±

    Mo Shigui was a very rational person, his career as a coach had taught him to speak with data, analyze himself, his opponents, and the game itself.

    ¡°But it¡¯s normal for you to fall for her. The way the official designed this NPC is very cunning, hitting right on the sensitive spots of lonely, addicted youngsters like you. If I were ten years younger, I might have also fallen head over heels for this gentle NPC, but Smile Master, she¡¯s just a pile of data, data that the officials designed for you to keep buying, buying, buying, just like a doll set by someone. If you really want to date, you might as well go for the Fluffy Bunny in our guild.¡±

    This wasn¡¯t the first time Mo Shigui had been giving Zhao Mingwei psychological counseling. Fluffy Bunny, who was still distributing equipment nearby, suddenly looked up at Mo Shigui as if asking, ¡®Are you calling me?¡¯

    ¡°What if your Furya fell into danger? Would you try to save this bundle of data then?¡± Zhao Mingwei asked again.

    ¡°Such a scenario where an NPC leads yers into danger is definitely nned as part of the plot, and if there¡¯s a main quest, why wouldn¡¯t I take it? Like the quest Furya issued this time is rted to our awakening skills, we can¡¯t awaken if we don¡¯t do it¡­ I have no reason to go against Holy Spirit World officials.¡± After saying this, Mo Shigui paused and then added,

    ¡°Besides, if I were to truly step into my character, how could I, the Holy Spirit appointed by the Sea Blue Goddess, the ck Dragon Scourge, the Executioner of Shadow Mist Canyon, the Butcher of Death teau, the Great Lord of Lionheart City, and the Ruler of Tower of Trial, allow a servant of mine to suffer even the slightest harm? We are tackling the ck Dragon Nest instance for the thirteenth time, even several dragons with names have been ughtered countless times, what else in this world could possibly scare us?¡±

    Mo Shigui recited a series of titles brought by the achievements system. Titles are another slot of equipment for a yer, most of which have no attributes, but those obtained afterpleting hero-level instances do have slight attribute boosts.

    The title that Mo Shigui currently wore was ck Dragon Scourge, obtained after clearing a hero-level ck Dragon Nest. The attribute is a five percent damage increase against dragon-type enemies.

    ¡°Hearing these words puts my mind at ease,¡± Jiang Qiao murmured softly, secretly pressing a button named ¡®Publish¡¯.

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 Chapter 65 - 64 Distribution of the BOSS (Seeking Recommendations!!)

    Chapter 65: Chapter 64 Distribution of the BOSS (Seeking Rmendations!!)

    After the official promotion for the Battle of Divinity went online, Mo Shigui found some time to hold a strategy meeting.

    This strategy meeting was not for the Dancing Nuclear Guild but for the seven major guilds within Holy Spirit.

    Actually, it¡¯s not exactly seven; currently, in Holy Spirit, the guilds that are considered T1 level are only Dancing Nuclear, Abyss Temple, and the Silent Dream Push for Marriage Committee¡­

    The third guild purely relies on the advantage of numbers to build up its presence and is more like a fan-based guild. However, the five guilds below them¡ªImperial Dynasty, Nan Feng Gale, Gray Eyes Association, C Fanatic Guild, and Night Speed¡ªeach have the support of professional esports teams.

    While these five guilds¡¯ development within Holy Spirit cannotpare to that of Dancing Nuclear and Abyss Temple, they still manage to unify the actions of their yers.

    For instance, for this world instance of the Battle of Divinity, Mo Shigui hosted this strategy meeting to discuss with the seven major guilds how to divide the battlefield, so as to avoid conflicts over iming a BOSS.

    The location of the strategy meeting was a chat group, into which Mo Shigui pulled every guild leader within Holy Spirit whose name was worth mentioning.

    ¡®Discuss? Old Song, are you sure you¡¯re not just pulling us here for a quarrel?¡¯

    The leader of Abyss Temple, Can Xin, was the first to speak up, and after he finished, he sent an emoji of hammering a sad yellow face.

    ¡®I¡¯ve already changed the group name to the Holy Spirit Guild Quarrel Group, happy now?¡¯ Mo Shigui replied.

    ¡®Satisfied, satisfied. We are still studying this new instance, but looking at the number of BOSSes, there seems to be six in total. It appears that the final BOSS can only be battled after defeating the six lesser ones. What¡¯s the division strategy?¡¯

    Can Xin was very active, flooding the chat group with a series of screenshots, which were precisely the official images that Jiang Qiao took earlier of the five Knights and an axe-wielding man under Queen Mei¡¯smand.

    ¡®Abyss Temple has an abundance of Mages and Assassins, why don¡¯t you guys try clearing the Yellow Jacket Knight first? Any objections?¡¯ Mo Shigui asked.

    ¡®Old Song, have you been nting spies in our guild again? Forget it, it¡¯s all routine. We¡¯ll take on the Yellow Jacket Knight, and indeed we are in urgent need of her ring. I¡¯ll give you face on this.¡¯ Can Xin agreed very quickly.

    At the moment, the official Holy Spirit promotional page has only released the CG images of these six BOSSes, along with some of the rewards for the Battle of Divinity instance. Among them, the Yellow Jacket Ring dropped by the Yellow Jacket Knight is a must-have epic equipment for most high-damage professions.

    The Yellow Jacket Ring is a level 50 epic ring with an effect that can increase critical hit damage by 10 percent.

    This bonus is incredibly important for some high burst-damage professions.

    ¡®Old Song¡­ What era are you living in that you still want to y guild-territory mob clearing? Aren¡¯t you afraid of fans bashing your own guild?¡¯

    A guild leader with a bubble ID popped up; he was the leader of the C Fanatic Guild, currently ranked fourth among all the Holy Spirit guilds, with two hundred seventy-two members.

    ¡®Clearing maps for mobs is a strategy from ten years ago. Look clearly at the format of this instance, a world instance¡­ where all yers participate. Passersby who want to join us in the fight are certainly wee. This meeting is to prevent us frompeting for BOSSes and from interfering with each other while battling them,¡¯ Mo Shigui immediately replied.

    The term ¡°clearing maps¡± was once despised by ordinary yers years ago, meaning that some overbearing guilds would block off a portion of the map and prevent ordinary yers from entering.

    But now, in the eyes of these guild leaders, such behavior is stupid and juvenile.

    Nowadays, almost all of the seven major guilds in Holy Spirit have the backing of professional esports clubs. They engage in Holy Spirit partly because these clubs want to expand their reach there and partly to attract new fans.

    If any guild were to engage in such heinous acts as clearing maps, they risk being denounced by yers online to the point of quitting the game.

    The reward acquisition method for the Battle of Divinity instance is also yer-friendly. yers only need to deplete the BOSS¡¯s health to obtain a currency called ¡°Soul¡± from it.

    For example, if a yer wants to obtain the Yellow Jacket Ring, they simply need to deplete about five thousand to ten thousand of the Yellow Jacket Knight¡¯s health points to extract enough of her ¡°Souls¡±.

    In addition, there is a ¡°Prestige¡± reward system within the Battle of Divinity that Mo Shigui has not studied in detail.

    The strategy meeting did notst long; under Mo Shigui¡¯s leadership, the seven major guilds determined their portions for pioneering in the Battle of Divinity.

    After the discussion, the Dancing Nuclear Guild ultimately took responsibility for pioneering the Wolf Knight in the dungeon area.

    The reward for the Wolf Knight includes a Wolf Ring that can increase the toughness attribute, which is very useful for the warrior-heavy Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    After the strategy meeting ended, Mo Shigui closed the chat group.

    The reputations of the various guild leaders provide some assurance, at least for the first few days of the Battle of Divinity, the guilds would not engage in skirmishes over BOSSes.

    But as time goes on, Mo Shigui isn¡¯t sure which guild might break this¡­ agreement that wouldn¡¯t exactly be called a pact.

    Mo Shigui nced at the time¡ª it was only one o¡¯clock in the morning, and he could still y for another half an hour before logging off.

    He had used up all his instance attempts for the day and would need to wait until six in the morning for a refresh. After thinking for a moment, Mo Shigui decided to go ahead andplete the preliminaries for the Battle of Divinity.

    The preliminary quest for the Battle of Divinity is the one posted by Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya that unlocks the second stage of affinity.

    It is a series of quests, and yers mustplete the series to unlock the second stage of Fureya¡¯s affinity.

    Mo Shigui is not particrly interested in the NPC¡¯s affinity levels because he sees through it as a means for game nners to manipte yers¡¯ actions. If Mo Shigui were to n, he would give Fureya a change of costume function, where the costumes would have to be purchased with real money.

    This would help Holy Spirit¡¯s revenues rise significantly.

    However, up to this point, Holy Spirit has had no means of in-game purchasing, which Mo Shigui finds very strange. He can only assume that the game is in the beta testing phase and the officials are not ready to start making money yet.

    Mo Shigui walked into his Resurrection Cathedral.

    ¡°Wee back, kind Holy Spirit.¡± His Fureya hurriedly stood up from the steps upon his return.

    These detailed actions also serve to make yers think that Fureya is a real person, not a robot.

    Mo Shigui didn¡¯t respond to Fureya and walked up to her to click the button toplete the quest.

    The prerequisite for the Battle of Divinity quest line is that yers reach level fifty, after which they can receive a quest named ¡°Awakening,¡± This quest can unlock the currently strongest skill of each profession, the awakening skill.

    However, the problem is the awakening skill also needs to be unlocked in the Battle of Divinity.

    ¡°What a hassle,¡± Mo Shigui muttered under his breath after ncing at the subsequent quest chain, but as soon as he finishedining, he suddenly realized something and looked up at his Fureya.

    ¡°May I help you with anything, kind Holy Spirit?¡± Fureya asked.

    ¡°¡­¡±

    Mo Shigui wasn¡¯t surprised by this; yers who stared at Fureya for a while would hear her say this line. What surprised Mo Shigui was¡­

    ¡°Did you forget to give me the quest reward?¡± Mo Shigui realized he hadpleted the quest without receiving the subsequent reward, a key item named ¡°Fureya¡¯s Talisman.¡±

    ¡°It was¡­ my oversight, I apologize, kind Holy Spirit,¡± she said, reaching up to her delicate neck and unsping a pale silver ne she was wearing.

    Mo Shigui didn¡¯t reach out to take it, as the item should have automatically appeared in his inventory, but it did not¡­

    Fureya held the ne in midair as if waiting for Mo Shigui to take it himself.

    What¡¯s going on? Another narrative performance by the system?

    Mo Shigui watched Fureya, and when she spoke earlier, her usually emotionless voice¡­ Mo Shigui detected a tinge of timidity, and the hand holding the ne seemed to tremble slightly.

    This NPC was afraid.

    The NPC is afraid? Why¡­ Is it a system performance as well? And why does Mo Shigui always feel like his Fureya isn¡¯t very willing to hand over the ne?

    Mo Shigui¡¯s hand gently sped Fureya¡¯s pale silver ne, and as he did so, he clearly felt Fureya¡¯s hand shake slightly.

    ¡°You¡¯re scared,¡± Mo Shigui stated, if there were no pre-set response by the system, Fureya should not react at all.

    But Fureya did have a pre-set reaction; she lightly pursed her lips and eventually said slowly.

    ¡°This ne contains the life force that allows me to exist, kind Holy Spirit. Please¡­ take this ne and save this shattered world,¡± Fureya¡¯s voice was somewhat choked up.

    Is this really just another system-scripted scene?

    ¡°Oh.¡±

    Mo Shigui nonchntly agreed and took the ne from Fureya¡¯s hand to inspect it.

    Fureya¡¯s Talisman.

    Description: Useful only in the Battle of Divinity instance, effective when ced in the backpack, it can block the invasion of the Corpse Curse three times; after three times, the talisman will be corroded by the curse and will need to be purified before it can be used again.

    The Corpse Curse, Mo Shigui had read about this setting in the instance introduction, but what he was more concerned about was the setting that after three Corpse Curses, if a yer dies one more time, their level would decrease.

    This type of high difficulty challenge was exactly what Mo Shigui was looking for.

    Having epted the reward, Mo Shigui did not continue anymunication with Fureya and nned to leave.

    Since ying as a Holy Spirit, he had always been busy running instances and upgrading his equipment, only interacting with NPCs when he needed to trigger hidden quests.

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    Therefore, the number of times Mo Shigui spoke with his Fureya did not exceed ten.

    ¡°Please¡­¡± Fureya looked at the retreating figure of Mo Shigui as if she wanted to say something but eventually stopped it in her throat.

    Another scripted scene?

    Mo Shigui turned back to Fureya, wanting to see if he could trigger any other quests, but there was nothing¡­

    At that moment, all Mo Shigui could see was Fureya cing her hand over her chest, her face filled with concern, her lips tightly pursed, and she eventually took a deep breath as though to calm her emotions.

    ¡°Please return safely, kind Holy Spirit, and do not¡­ use up the talisman¡¯s charges,¡± she said.

    Is that all?

    Mo Shigui paused for a moment and nced around, realizing that no main quest prompt had popped up, he asked,

    ¡°Is there anything else?¡±

    Realizing she had said too much, Fureya covered her mouth and shook her head slightly.

    Another performance? Or does this NPC have her own thoughts?

    Mo Shigui no longer had the time to ponder over this, as he had many real-life obligations to attend to. Seeing that Fureya didn¡¯t have anything more to say, he chose to log off.

    However, Fureya¡¯s words still lingered in Mo Shigui¡¯s mind after logging off. He pondered for a moment and then sent a message to Zhao Mingwei.

    ¡®What lines? When Ipleted the quest, the Guardian Spirit only told me to return safely.¡¯

    Zhao Mingwei replied to Mo Shigui in less than a minute.

    ¡®I understand. It might be that I triggered some hidden dialogue.¡¯ Mo Shigui could only convince himself this way, as the NPCs¡¯ hidden dialogues in Holy Spirit were indeed too many. A seemingly unimportant NPC by the road could talk to a yer for half an hour just with system preset dialogues.

 Chapter 66 - 65 New Version Preview

    Chapter 66: Chapter 65 New Version Preview

    Tower of Trial ne.

    The prophecy is true, the apocalypse is reallying.

    The Gun Knight lifted his gaze to the sky outside the Tower of Trial; a deep blue orb had appeared in the sky of the Tower nine days ago, resembling both the sun and a meteorite about to fall.

    But the orb moved very slowly, initially so small it seemed like a mere speck of sesame seed, barely visible without a close look.

    Today, that deep blue orb had grown to dominate half the sky of the Tower of Trial.

    With his monocr telescope, the Gun Knight could see cities reflected inside the orb; this was neither a meteorite nor the sun, but another world.

    A deste world was gradually approaching the ne of the Tower of Trial, and the very moment this deste world made contact with the Tower¡¯s ne, the foretold apocalypse would arrive.

    ¡°Sir, what are they doing?¡±

    The Gun Knight¡¯s adjutant, who had just been transferred to the Tower of Trial ne that day, asked him.

    The four great empires had a written agreement to share the Tower of Trial; military forces were not allowed within the tower, this high tower was a treasure shared by all the world¡¯s original inhabitants.

    Yet, the prophecy of apocalypse forced Flowing Water Country to break this covenant, deploying thousands of elite soldiers outside the Tower of Trial in advance.

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    The adjutant of the Gun Knight hade with the soldiers of Flowing Water Country, and what he was inquiring about were the Sacred Spirits, hopping around outside the Tower in the distance.

    ¡°Photography,¡± said the Gun Knight, uttering a word his adjutant couldn¡¯t understand, ¡°They¡¯re taking a group photo.¡±

    ¡°Group photo?¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s about capturing this image for posterity. When His Majesty the King travels abroad and encounters wondrous sights, doesn¡¯t he have court painters record them? That¡¯s what these Spirits are doing.¡±

    The Gun Knight nced at the group of Spirits in the distance, busy taking photos and posing for a group picture.

    When the azure ¡®Destruction ne¡¯ appeared high above the Tower of Trial, the Spirits had also shown great surprise.

    But their astonishment was unlike that of the Gun Knight and his soldiers; his soldiers¡¯ rm stemmed from a fear of the unknown, as the mere merger of nes was already beyond theirprehension.

    Moreover, the prophecy of the pending apocalypse left the soldiers in a state of panic, but the astonishment of the Spirits¡­

    ¡°It¡¯s really just a teaser for the new version of the game, just as the forum analysis said.¡±

    ¡°Did you get the screenshot? After the update, we probably won¡¯t see such a spectacr scene anymore.¡±

    ¡°Already on it!¡±

    ¡°Anyone up for a dance battle?¡±

    Listening to the mor of the Spirits in the distance, after spending nine days with them, the Gun Knight had gradually gotten used to the mindset of these saviors.

    It would be more apt to describe their emotions as excitement rather than surprise, as these Spirits were looking forward to the apocalypse, even with an eager anticipation.

    And just then, arge number of Darkme soldiers suddenly appeared on the other side of the Flowing Water Country encampment.

    ¡°Tourism? Kermo! I believe in your nation¡¯s prophecy of doom, but can you really trust these saviors who seem like they¡¯ve run straight out of a circus?¡±

    A burly man approached the Gun Knight; he was themander Atrang leading the soldiers of Dark me Country, who had also been monitoring the changes in the Tower of Trial.

    But this was the first time they had led soldiers to be stationed at the Tower.

    ¡°The circus is indeed a very fitting description,¡± the Gun Knight nodded in agreement.

    The area where the fairy merchant of the Tower of Trial was located had turned into a gathering ce for high-level Spirit yers, and afterpleting an instance, some yers went to the fairy merchant to sing and dance.

    It was literally singing and dancing. Jiang Qiao had optimized the Spirit dance system, and there were actually a few Spirit yers who aimed to collect all the dance moves in the Spiritmunity.

    So, to the native inhabitants, it looked like a group of strange people with horse, bear, and pixel heads dancing around a weak, helpless, and pitiable fairy merchant, almost like some tribal sacrifice ritual.

    ¡°Can we really rely on them?¡± General Atrang had heard from the Flowing Water Country that these Spirits were key to saving the world.

    ¡°I cannot judge their reliability, but as for theirbat strength, I suggest General Atrang tries a few rounds with the Spirits in that arena,¡± the Gun Knight pointed to the arena that had been set up earlier.

    ¡°Really? There¡¯s not much to do during my garrison period anyway,¡± General Atrang seemed eager to try and went to personally test the strength of those Spirits.

    ¡°Oh! Right¡­ a small piece of advice, remember to tell those Spirits ¡®not to use high-level skills¡¯ when you get on the arena,¡± the Gun Knight kindly shared the experience he had gathered from his nine days ofbat in the arena.

    In those nine days, the level of the Spirit yers the Gun Knight fought against rose from thirty to fifty. As the Spirits¡¯ levels increased, the fights became more challenging for the Gun Knight, but once he figured out the Spirits¡¯ skills, he could still instantly defeat some rookies.

    But that was provided those rookies¡¯ level forty-five skills didn¡¯t have toorge a range.

    ¡°High-level skills?¡± General Atrang didn¡¯t understand what the Gun Knight was talking about.

    ¡°Each of those Spirits has mastered one to three very powerful spells. Once unleashed, the arena could be destroyed, so such skills are supposedly banned in the contests,¡± the Gun Knight exined. ¡°For example¡­¡±

    Just as the Gun Knight was thinking of an example, a panicked shout suddenly came from the arena nearby.

    ¡°Get out of the way! I hit the wrong button!¡±

    ¡°This¡­ this is not what we talked about before!¡±

    As the Gun Knight turned his head to look at the arena, he noticed one of his Knights was fighting against a Berserker yer.

    The Berserker¡¯s greatsword instantly solidified with red blood crystals, and he leaped from the air to infuse the Blood Qi Power within his body into the ground.

    The Gun Knight had fought against many Berserker yers, so he was very familiar with this move and knew how to dodge it.

    But the problem was that the elite soldier under the Gun Knight¡¯smand didn¡¯t know how.

    The Berserker¡¯s sword of Blood Qi fiercely split the ground. As the ground shook, the elite soldier fell, and then arge amount of scorching blood spewed from the cracks in the ground, engulfing the elite soldier likeva.

    ¡°Carry him off! Next!¡±

    The Gun Knight only heard a shout from a Pharmacist responsible for healing below the arena.

    They wouldn¡¯t truly die even if they died in the Tower of Trial ne; only the original body in their home ne would suffer a severe spirit shock, whose pain was avoided thanks to the tower spirit¡¯s healing abilities.

    ¡°Do you want to try your hand, General Atrang?¡± the Gun Knight asked, making a gesture of invitation.

    Marshal Atrang watched as the stretcher carried away the elite soldier, who was still screaming something like ¡°Despicable Spirit! We agreed not to use high-level skills! Ah¡­ I¡¯m still bleeding out.¡±

    Not only the Gun Knight, but the elites of the Flowing Water Country had crossed swords with the Spirits nearly a thousand times already, and many of them had even be quite familiar with the Spirits.

    Now it was the turn of the Dark me Country to challenge these Spirits.

    ¡°Let¡¯s focus on dealing with the impending doomsday crisis instead. I can sense that the enemy we are about to face is extremely dangerous,¡± General Atrang wasn¡¯t about to perform such¡­ a morale-damaging act.

 Chapter 67 - 66 The Beginning of the Battle of the Gods

    Chapter 67: Chapter 66 The Beginning of the Battle of the Gods

    Located in the Divine Fragment ne.

    ¡°Shun Zi!¡±

    The Wasp Knight sat on the execution tform and yed ten poker cards from her hand. After cing the cards on the wooden board of the tform, the eyes beneath the Wasp Knight¡¯s mask nced over the axe-wielding man and the Lion Heart Knight.

    The Lion Heart Knight scratched his pale gold helmet with his armguard, a bit vexed, and muttered through the helmet, ¡°I can¡¯t follow that.¡±

    ¡°Pass.¡± The axe-wielding man gave up following the cards straightforwardly.

    ¡°Just one three.¡±

    The Wasp Knight thenid a diamond three on the board. She was thendlord for this round, and she had already lost three games in a row to the axe-wielding man. But this time, she was thendlord, and her hand was exceptionally good.

    Now, she had only the joker and a bomb left in her hand. The axe-wielding man had thirteen cards left, and she didn¡¯t believe that he could beat her instantly with those!

    ¡°Warrior.¡± The Lion Heart Knight threw out a Jack, leaving it all up to the axe-wielding man¡¯s y. As long as the axe-wielding man did not drop a bomb, the Wasp Knight would win this round.

    The axe-wielding man nced at his cards, then looked up at the Wasp Knight, whose eyes beneath the mask seemed to be telling him, ¡®if you dare y a bomb, I¡¯ll real-life PK you.¡¯

    Truth be told, the Wasp Knight was not cut out for yingndlord, a game that required cunning and team cooperation. During the nine days, the axe-wielding man was thendlord most of the time. If they were gambling, the Wasp Knight and the Lion Heart Knight would probably lose so much they¡¯d owe their armor to the axe-wielding man.

    This time, the axe-wielding man decided to let it slide and yed a single queen, the ¡®Q¡¯.

    The Wasp Knight suppressed the excitement in her heart and pushed the joker down; when the Lion Heart Knight and the axe-wielding man both shook their heads indicating they couldn¡¯t follow¡­

    ¡°I won!¡± The Wasp Knight raised the four remaining cards in her hand. The word ¡®bomb¡¯ she was about to shout out when a whirlwind blew the poker cards on the tform into the sky.

    Along with the ying cards swept up by the whirlwind were the four bomb cards in the Wasp Knight¡¯s hand!

    ¡°Where¡¯s¡­ where¡¯s the bomb?¡±

    The moment the Wasp Knight lowered her hand, she realized the poker cards had vanished, and being an assassin with excellent emotional control, she kept her cool and lifted her head.

    Through the slit in her mask, she saw a Mage d in crimson robes emerging from behind the execution tform.

    One of Queen Mei¡¯s Five Knights, the Red Knight, had stepped out from his post at the Mage Tower.

    ¡°The battle for plunder is about to begin! I have a feeling¡­ this time we will be facing not only the natives of this world but also the Sea Blue Goddess¡¯s chosen warriors.¡± The Red Knight spoke sternly to the three ckers, ¡°It¡¯s time to prepare for battle!¡±

    ¡°My oversight.¡±

    The Lion Heart Knight only then realized that war was imminent. A bolt of lightning shed, his poker cards turned to ashes in his hand, disappearing. At the same time, the Lion Heart Knight gripped his spear and stood up from the execution tform¡­

    ¡°Seems we can only continue this game after the war of plunder ends.¡± The axe-wielding man closed his hand of cards and tucked them into his waist bag.

    ¡°By ourselves, we can¡¯t control such a vast number of undead soldiers. Troy and Sigel, you go and gather the conscious subordinates. This war won¡¯t be fought by us alone; all of Queen Mei¡¯s subjects will take part.¡±

    The Red Knight was the only Mage among the Five Knights and was also the central figure controlling the entire army of the undead.

    ¡°You want the civilians to fight?¡± The Lion Heart Knight raised his spear to halt the Red Knight¡¯s advance. Even though the civilians had turned into undead, they remained the charges he was duty-bound to protect in the eyes of this upright Knight.

    ¡°They are your soldiers, Lord Sigel. Queen Mei¡¯s power can resurrect all your soldiers, and even those who once invaded our nation can be revived. This is the power of the Divine Fragment, but upon revival, they are no more than irrational undead, needing yourmand and that of others.¡±

    The Red Knight gently moved aside the Lion Heart Knight¡¯s spear with his Magic Wand.

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    ¡°My duty is to guard the entrance to Her Majesty the Queen¡¯s pce, but I can let my lieutenant takemand,¡± said the Lion Heart Knight.

    ¡°That¡¯s right¡­ gather everyone in the city still of sound mind, the battle to reim everything begins now,¡± dered the Red Knight, and as his words fell¡­

    No one answered him; all lifted their eyes to the sky in unison, including the red-d Knight.

    ¡°I smell it, fresh air,¡± even through his mask, the Wasp Knight could scent the air¡­ an air that didn¡¯t belong to this ne.

    Since the apocalypse had begun, everything within the city hade to a standstill, including the movement of the air.

    The three Knights and the axe-wielding men all ran towards the direction of the city walls without prior agreement, while the Hawkeye Knight already stood atop the walls, gazing into the distance.

    The far horizon was faintly reflecting the scenery belonging to the Tower of Trial¡¯s ne.

    ¡°I¡­ I think I can understand the feeling those vampires I used to hunt had towards¡­ blood.¡±

    The axe-wielding man looked at the Tower of Trial¡¯s ne in the distance, filled with a bizarre impulse to storm into that ne and plunder everything in sight.

    This feeling was akin to a fat otaku starved for a hundred years who, the moment he sees c chicken, loses all reason in his mind, desiring only to stuff the food into his mouth, not thinking of anything else.

    The Knights on the city walls shared the same thoughts as the axe-wielding man, their desire for the new world restlessly stirring within them.

    ¡°The scent of human beings from another world,¡± the red-d Knight had already sensed the enemies they were about to face.

    ¡°Lord Lion Heart!¡±

    ¡°Lady Wasp¡­¡±

    Even the living dead within the city who still held onto their consciousness had climbed the city walls at this moment, as the scenery of the Tower of Trial¡¯s ne grew increasingly vivid in the distance.

    ¡°All units, prepare for battle,¡± the red-d Knight shouted loudly to everyone, as cracks in space erupted on the distant horizon.

    The ne of the Tower of Trial was now officially connected to this one, and the air of the two worlds intermingled at this moment, signaling that the battle for the Divine Fragment had officially begun.

    ¡°The enemy is here.¡± The long spear in the Lion Heart Knight¡¯s hand burst with the sound of thunder as he intently watched the figures swarming through the temporal rift in the distance.

    However, as Lion Heart Knight made out the appearance of those figures¡­ the thunderous spear he had conjured disappeared, purely out of shock.

    ¡°Sea Blue Goddess above.¡± Someone among the living dead on the city walls blurted out without thinking.

    Wasp Knight gave that person a re, prompting him to close his mouth upon realizing he had unconsciously spoken sphemy.

    But what emerged from the temporal rift was truly¡­ terrifying.

    In ce of the heavy armor battalions or alchemical machines that the Wasp Knight had imagined, she only saw ranks of rainbow unicorns, bears, and yetis mixed together.

    What was this? A rainbow-unicorn Cavalry brigade? No, those weren¡¯t real unicorns but merely headpieces.

    A rainbow unicorn circus troupe? That wasn¡¯t right either! The Wasp Knight observed that after entering the temporal rift, the first reaction of that group wasn¡¯t to charge at the walls, but to gather together and curiously explore the surroundings as if on a pic.

    A rainbow unicorn tour group? The Wasp Knight felt these people weren¡¯t here to fight, but seemed more like they hade to sightsee.

    ¡°They¡¯re charging,¡± Lion Heart Knight interrupted the Wasp Knight¡¯s wild imaginings, as a contingent of sanctified beings rode their mounts charging in the direction of the city walls.

    Wasp Knight also faintly heard what they cried out during their charge, focusing intently¡­ The enemy¡¯s battle cry was¡­

    ¡°For Queen Mei!¡±

    ¡°???¡±

    Three question marks appeared above Wasp Knight¡¯s head as she doubted her own hearing, but mixed with those charging cries were bizarre battle cries like ¡®For the new wife!¡¯ ¡®Shut up! Fureya is the main wife!¡¯ ¡®Then the second wife!¡¯

 Chapter 68 - 67 What NPCs Should Do

    Chapter 68: Chapter 67 What NPCs Should Do

    Deathly silence, deste.

    General Atrang rode his warhorse into the apocalyptic dimension of legend, and what hit him first was a stench of decay that made him want to vomit.

    Years of military life had ustomed him to such stenches, but what about the enemy?

    General Atrang looked out across the in¡ªthe battlefield was empty, save for corpses¡­ with only a solitary, towering city wall in the distance.

    He had thought this silent dimension would be teeming with demons, insectoids, abyssals, chaos monsters¡ªthe church members in Marshal Amut¡¯s team had even brought a massive amount.

    But it seemed there was nothing in this dimension, except for corpses and only corpses, along with a group of delightfully hopping saviors.

    No, wait!

    The warhorse ridden by General Atrang suddenly became extremely restless; a strange magic power stirred beneath the ground, making the entire surface tremble slightly.

    ¡°My lord¡­ the corpses¡­ they¡¯re moving!¡±

    ¡°An undead army?¡±

    General Atrang watched as the soldiers¡¯ corpses in the distance, using their shattered weapons to prop themselves up, slowly rose from the deste earth, some even defying gravity to stand back up.

    He locked his gaze on a heavily armored zombie, whose head also turned toward General Atrang. The zombie soldier raised its sword in an almost slow-motion manner, aiming it at General Atrang, and the next second, crimson mes ignited in its pupils, the Soul Fire zing.

    ¡°Prepare for battle, all forces!¡± General Atrang immediately issued the order, with the front line of soldiers lifting their shields to defend before him.

    ¡°Archers! Mage squad!¡±

    The general continued to issue orders, nning to engage the zombie army in a positional battle.

    Suddenly, from the sky, an oval bomb three meters in length plummeted down¡­

    ¡°That¡¯s an alchemical bomb called a quantum bomb! Tell your men to close their eyes! Quickly!¡± The Gun Knight¡¯s warning rang out in front of General Atrang.

    But it was already toote¡­ The quantum bomb precisely struck the most densely packed area of resurrected zombie soldiers, the intense sh of light blooming across the battlefield followed by the explosion.

    General Atrang only felt a sharp pain in his eyes¡­

    ¡°What is that thing! An enemy¡¯s weapon?¡± General Atrang asked loudly.

    ¡°A high-level skill of the vocational ss known as Gun Master within the Holy Spirits,¡± replied the Gun Knight loudly.

    ¡°Holy Spirits?¡±

    Atrang forced his eyes open, only to discover thirteen more of the same quantum bombs now present on the battlefield.

    ¡°Damn it!¡± General Atrang felt his eyes were nearly blinded by the bombs, and it wasn¡¯t over yet¡­ The entire battlefield¡¯s temperature plummeted suddenly, with several battlefields in the distance caught in an ice-cold storm and deep purple ck Holes.

    ¡°They really show no mercy!¡± the Gun Knight said loudly again.

    ¡°What now?¡±

    ¡°Extreme Ice Banquet and Annihtion ck Hole! High-level skills of an Elemental Master!¡±

    General Atrang couldn¡¯t hear what the Gun Knight was saying anymore, as on the other side of the battlefield, roars as fierce as tigers erupted.

    Magic Power¡­ In Atrang¡¯s view, a fierce tigerposed of Magic Power was ravaging the battlefield.

    ¡°Ferocious Tiger Shakes the Earth, I remember this move!¡± the Gun Knight said again.

    ¡°I now understand the power of these holy spirits! But can their battle have even a bit of organization?¡±

    General Atrang raised his voice and shouted at the Gun Knight, as the battlefield environment hadpletely turned into a chaotic mess, with various skill effects flying wildly across the field.

    In General Atrang¡¯s envisioned positional battle, it had be a chaotic street fight, or rather, a war simply fought with magic spells being hurled at each other.

    ¡°Move out of the way! You NPCs are blocking my path!¡±

    Just as General Atrang raised the question, a vehicle equipped with a drill descended from the sky, sounding like a tractor with a ¡®tut tut tut¡¯ noise, speeding towards the distant battlefield.

    The emergence of this vehicle also caused the formation that Marshal Atrang had so painstakingly organized to copse on its own.

    ¡°That vehicle is a Frost Drill Rig, something a profession called Magic Schr would create, and the holy spirits fight individually, only a small portion of them form teams,¡± the Gun Knight continued to educate General Atrang on the living habits of these holy spirits.

    ¡°These NPCs are blocking the way, can you please make way?¡±

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    General Atrang had just heard a muffled sound from behind and turned his head to look, almost drawing his sword to sh at the holy spirit.

    In fact, a soldier had already lost his patience and tried to do so, but missed.

    A demon¡­ a two-meter-tall demon

    ¡°A demon! Why is there a demon here!¡± General Atrang yelled incredulously, and he prepared to swing his sword but the Gun Knight stopped him.

    ¡°That¡¯s an Avenger, a profession branch chosen by the priests among the holy spirits, I¡¯ve inquired about this profession as well, although they say they have given their soul to the demon¡­ but¡­ how should I exin it.¡± The Gun Knight really didn¡¯t know how to exin.

    But the Avenger yer, who was bearing a He Tu ID above his head, nced at the overly stressed General Atrang.

    ¡°You can tell you¡¯re balding because of the stress, so out of camaraderie, I¡¯ll give you a heal,¡± he kindly released a slow healing spell on the general.

    Under the slightly copsing gaze of the general, the demon used his sharp ws to touch a magic spot filled with the aura of Holy Light on his head.

    Then he felt the baptism of the Holy Light.

    After releasing his healing ability, the Avenger yer turned and ran towards the distant battlefield without looking back.

    ¡°I still suggest that the soldiers under yourmand make way for those holy spirits,¡± the Gun Knight said, ncing at the holy spirits pouring out from a temporal rift.

    ¡°Then what did we bring soldiers for?¡± asked General Atrang, puzzled.

    ¡°The Tower Spirit told us only to hold this ce and provide certain support to the holy spirits, we can sell some potions to the holy spirits when necessary, and if you offer magic stones as reward, you canmission those holy spirits to undertake some tasks.¡±

    The Gun Knight began teaching General Atrang how to properly be an NPC in an instance.

    ¡°This situation applies if the soldiers under yourmand get lost in this apocalyptic ne,¡± the Gun Knight added.

    ¡°You trust these unknown saviors?¡±

    Listening to the Gun Knight¡¯s description, General Atrang felt as if he was being told to put down his weapons and just wait for victory toe.

    But those ghouls were not ordinary undead, they endured several powerful abilities from the holy spirits without going down.

    ¡°If you n to join in this melee, I won¡¯t stop you. His Majesty the King instructed me to hold the ne of the Tower of Trial, not to attack, and your strategies for the Dark me Country are unrted to us,¡±

    the Gun Knight said, pointing to the battlefield afar, where explosions, frost, and hurricanes intertwined.

 Chapter 69 - 68: The Rapid Strategy Group (Please Recommend!!!)

    Chapter 69: Chapter 68: The Rapid Strategy Group (Please Rmend!!!)

    ¡°Holy, remember to give the whole team shields! Don¡¯t stop using the Qi Gong Wind Breath!¡±

    Mo Shigui led nearly fifty-three members of the frontline strategy team from the Dancing Nuclear Guild in a swift assault across the battlefield.

    This kind of instance battlefield was something they had fought in disputes many times, and they had faced off against other yers.

    These fifty-three yers led by Mo Shigui were core members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, and all their actions were directed by Mo Shigui¡¯s voicemands.

    ¡°Don¡¯t get entangled with the minor monsters on the battlefield! It¡¯s pointless!¡± Mo Shigui used his shield to knock away a zombie that charged at him.

    But in that instant, a peal of thunder erupted in front of him; Mo Shigui raised his shield to block the thunderous strike, but the impact from the thunder still sent him flying three meters away.

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    Mo Shigui¡¯s health dropped by one-tenth in an instant.

    ¡°You are the finest of the invaders.¡±

    The Lion Heart Knight, holding a long spear, appeared in front of the entire strategy team of the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    Not many spirits on the battlefield could break through the army of zombies¡¯ defensive line, and the Dancing Nuclear Guild was definitely one of the fastest groups. If they kept advancing, they could pose a threat to the city walls.

    ¡°Damn it, damn it! Guild Leader! Isn¡¯t this the penultimate boss of the instance? Why is iting for us right as we enter the instance?¡±

    Upon seeing a figure in golden armor, splendid and majestic, in short looking like a golden limited edition version of Lu Bu,

    As a Gun Master, Ionzee knew he was definitely not a Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, or a Guan Yu; moreover, this ¡®Lu Bu¡¯ wasn¡¯t something that could be dealt with by just the three heroes.

    It would probably take at least a hundred elite fighters to have a chance to take him down.

    The intelligence feedback from Ionzee¡¯s reconnaissance technique made him instantly waver.

    ¡®Queen¡¯s Guard ¡¤ Lion Heart Sigel, Level: 68, Elite Lord, HP 7534350/7534350¡­¡¯

    A whole seven million health points! You have to understand that in the game Saint Spirit, the damage numbers haven¡¯t inted to the point where yers could deal millions and millions in damage. Normally, yers dealing damage over two thousand would be considered using a special move.

    The elites of the Dancing Nuclear Guild might be hitting slightly higher.

    But when they ventured into hero-level instances and fought the ck Dragon Princess, her total HP was only about one million three hundred thousand.

    And the ck Dragon Princess of the hero level once wiped out the elite strategy team of the Dancing Nuclear Guild during their first attempt at the instance.

    ¡°Didn¡¯t you read the official description? This world instance is dynamic,¡± Mo Shigui said.

    ¡°A dynamic instance doesn¡¯t mean the final boss should be put at the beginning, right?¡± Ionzee saw the Lion Heart Knight brandishing his spear, summoning thunder; it looked like he was nning to unleash a screen-clearing power move right from the start.

    ¡°Isn¡¯t it just seven ck Dragon Princesses? Guild Leader! Let¡¯s do it!¡± Tonight Your Mom Will Surely Die seemed to be fearless.

    If Mo Shigui hadn¡¯t held that boss distribution meeting, they might have gone straight for this Lion Heart Knight, but now their target was the Wolf Knight situated in the city¡¯s dungeon.

    ¡°Hey, Bubble! Your boss is over here!¡± Mo Shigui switched channels and started calling the leader of the C Fanatic Guild.

    ¡°Coming,ing! From the 7 o¡¯clock direction!¡±

    While Mo Shigui wasmunicating with other guilds, the Lion Heart Knight¡¯s spear, carrying thunderous force, swung down towards Mo Shigui, who promptly raised his shield and took up a defensive stance. Buffed by various boosts, he took the hit.

    But the cost of taking the hit was a drop of fifty percent of his HP.

    ¡°Guild Leader, Xue Luo got one-shotted!¡±

    ¡°Peach Blossom Gentleman also got one-shotted.¡±

    The moment Mo Shigui blocked the hit, cries rang out from the guild channel.

    Mo Shigui nced at the bottom right corner of his game UI, where in the crowded guild team groups, four had already disconnected and turned gray.

    The thunderous strike from the Lion Heart Knight was a wide-range AOE skill, and the thunder that exploded from Mo Shigui¡¯s shield instantly wiped out several of the nearby squishy sses.

    ¡°I¡¯ve brought Xue Luo back to life, Boss, do we continue the fight?¡±

    In less than a second, the three Priestesses at the head of the team released the Resurrection Technique, reviving the three fallen members.

    The Resurrection Technique is a skill most Priest ss jobs have, regardless of which advanced ss was chosen, they could master one or two such techniques. However, from a game perspective, it¡¯s quite ackluster ability.

    That¡¯s because the cooldown time for the Resurrection Technique is usually long. If used duringbat, the cooldown typically ranges from five to ten minutes, and it doesn¡¯t eliminate death penalties¡ªin fact, it might increase them. If equipment durability is supposed to drop, it will, and if the Corpse Curse is supposed to take effect, it still will.

    The most a Resurrection Technique does is save one the time it takes to run back after dying.

    Yet, this was extremely important for a top-tier raid team.

    ¡°Old Song, I¡¯ming¡­¡± Mo Shigui heard the voice of the C Fanatic Guild¡¯s leader. At that moment, the Lion Heart Knight seemed to sense something too, and he abruptly looked up to see a Mage suddenly raising an arm skyward.

    A massive wall of thunder, formed as he waved his arm, materialized in an instant, and as he swept his arm the second time, this wall of thunder hurtled toward the Lion Heart Knight at lightning speed.

    Thunder Light Barrier.

    A skill of the Elemental Master¡¯s advanced ss, the Elemental Bomber.

    The leader of the C Fanatic Guild, Qi Pao, was an Elemental Bomber. The difference between this job and the regr Elemental Master lies in the Elemental Master¡¯s path of mastering and manipting elements, while the Elemental Bomber¡¯s approach is much more blunt, treating elements like one-time-use weapons¡­ like bombs to be released¡­

    The price for the high damage of this job is immense Magic Power consumption. If one isn¡¯t careful about MP recovery, just one or two high-level skills could deplete the yer¡¯s MP.

    -57.

    The Thunder Light Barrier shed across the Lion Heart Knight, whose strong resistance to thunder meant his health barely decreased.

    ¡°An interesting way to use Magic, but this is as far as it goes,¡±mented the Lion Heart Knight, admiring the Mage¡¯s use of thunder elements. Just as the Lion Heart Knight was about to unleash his own thundering counterattack,

    Qi Pao didn¡¯t stop casting his spells. Dark ck magic elements appeared again in his hands. The pitch-ck Magic Power elements seemed to immobilize the Lion Heart Knight on the spot, but with a swing of his spear, the Lion Heart Knight shattered all the elements.

    ¡°Another BOSS that¡¯s immune to immobilization checks?¡± Qi Pao didn¡¯t have much time to curse. Mo Shigui seized the opportunity to lead the members of his Dancing Nuclear Guild past the Lion Heart Knight, running towards the castle wall.

    The Lion Heart Knight turned to intercept the members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    ¡°Old Song! The BOSS¡¯s aggro is on you.¡± Qi Pao hurriedly reminded Mo Shigui over voice chat.

    ¡°Haven¡¯t you read the instance description? The BOSS doesn¡¯t have aggro. Their targets change based on the battle situation. If you want that Lion Heart Ring, it¡¯s best to stop him.¡±

    ¡°Such a pain! Warrior squadron, stop that BOSS; use any taunting skills you have, quick!¡±

    As Qi Pao gave orders through voice chat, he gathered a highly condensed orb of Magic Power in his hands while an item called a Magic Stone in his inventory was rapidly being used up.

    ¡°Boss! It¡¯s not responding to taunts!¡± A Shield Warrior named Can shouted after striking his shield to use a taunting skill, only to find the Lion Heart Knightpletely ignored him.

    ¡°Let me think¡­ Hey, big kitty!¡± In a moment of quick thinking, Qi Pao suddenly remembered the official website¡¯s description of the Lion Heart Knight and shouted at him, ¡°Your Queen Mei is amazing!¡±

    The Lion Heart Knight stopped in his tracks and turned his head to look at Qi Pao. At that moment, Qi Pao inexplicably felt a palpitation¡­

    What the heck? The leader of the C Fanatic Guild scared by a BOSS¡¯s re?

    But this verbal taunt worked much better than the Shield Warrior¡¯s taunting skill!

    ¡°Who¡¯s the best at trash-talking in our guild?¡± Qi Pao urgently called out on the voice channel.

    ¡°It¡¯s Caffeine, right? Isn¡¯t he our guild¡¯s trash-talk king?¡±

    ¡°Quick, get Caffeine over here to shout at that BOSS! Stabilize the aggro first!¡± As Qi Pao shouted, a lightning spear had already pierced through his chest, and before he could even release his skill, he turned into a tombstone, dead.

    ¡°What¡­ were you saying about Queen Mei just now?¡± The Lion Heart Knight was already enveloped in a mass of thunder.

    ¡°Oh my God! The leader¡¯s trash-talk advanced the BOSS to the second phase!¡±

    ¡°Can you guys stop joking around? Where are the Priests? The BOSS one-shot the leader!¡±

 Chapter 70 - 69 The Breached Wall

    Chapter 70: Chapter 69 The Breached Wall

    Awesome, awesome!

    Jiang Qiao turned to look at the Lion Heart knight who was already in a state of rage, and a swing of his long spear exuded the momentum of thunder and majesty, stirring up the C Fanatic Guild into utter chaos.

    Of course, what Jiang Qiao admired here wasn¡¯t the prowess of the Lion Heart knight, but the incredible ability of the C Fanatic Guild to draw aggro.

    Each of the five knights under Queen Mei had some little-known settings, and Jiang Qiao had also made these settings public on the official website, such as the fact that the Wasp knight and the Wolf knight were in a rtionship, and the Hawkeye Knight liked gardening¡ªtrivial information like that.

    The little setting for the Lion Heart knight was¡­ that he was hopelessly obsessed with Queen Mei, to the extent of what? If anyone dared to speak ill of Queen Mei in front of him, he would pull that person out and execute them brutally.

    Most yers might have thought these little settings were just the official website¡¯s way of fleshing out the BOSS¡¯s character.

    But what Jiang Qiao said was true, not a word of it was false, and the C Fanatic Guild hadtched onto this particr setting, spouting all kinds of provocative nonsense about Queen Mei while fighting with the Lion Heart knight.

    Jiang Qiao had thought that even in his fury, the Lion Heart knight would maintain some semnce of reason and woulde over to chase them in order to protect the safety of the city walls.

    But as it turned out, a person in a state of anger had no sense of reason, and the Lion Heart knight had not just entered the second phase but had directly entered the third phase of rage.

    ¡°Be careful.¡±

    As Jiang Qiao focused on the distant battlefield between the Lion Heart knight and the C Fanatic Guild, the voice of Mo Shigui¡¯s warning echoed in the guild¡¯s voice chat.

    This time, in the battle of the divine, Jiang Qiao was following the Dancing Nuclear Guild to¡­ stir things up in this ne.

    The Wolf knight was the only knight Jiang Qiao hadn¡¯t been able to scout because he was instantly killed by a special power the moment he got close.

    Having no other choice, Jiang Qiao had to settle for a couple of murals about the Wolf knight that he found inside the castle and posted them on the official website.

    So Jiang Qiao joined the strategy team of the Dancing Nuclear Guild along with Zhao Mingwei and Lin Xi.

    The target of the Dancing Nuclear Guild was the dungeon beneath the royal city, but the journey near the city walls was anything but smooth.

    Less than a second after Mo Shigui¡¯s reminder sounded in the guild¡¯s voice chat, Jiang Qiao felt something whistling towards them.

    The thing that came whistling was familiar to Jiang Qiao: arrows fired by the Hawkeye knight¡­ Jiang Qiao had been smashed by those several times before.

    This time, the Hawkeye knight wasn¡¯t targeting Jiang Qiao, but a few cloth-armor Mages in the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    The arrow from the Hawkeye knight pierced straight through one of the Mages. The small body of the Mage couldn¡¯t withstand the immense force of the arrow, and as it hit the ground like a meteor, the resulting shockwave caused several nearby yers to lose their bnce.

    ¡°Is there a missileuncher on the walls?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s a crossbow!¡±

    ¡°But the impact is like a missile! And they¡¯ve got rapid fire and auto-targeting on the other side!¡±

    ¡°Can someone get me down from here!¡±

    The poor Mage, thanks to the divine protection of the Holy, wasn¡¯t killed in one hit, but he hung there, impaled on the two-meter-long giant arrow, feet dangling in the air.

    ¡°Respawn yourself, everyone else keep formation!¡±

    Mo Shigui knew that stopping now would only result in greater losses, so he abandoned the Mage who was pinned in ce by the arrow and unable to move, instructing the strategy team to continue advancing towards the city walls.

    ¡°White Snake, is this distance within your Acid Rain casting range?¡± Mo Shigui immediately asked a yer specialized in magic studies in the guild.

    ¡°Just about, President. Should I call the others to cast it together?¡± A yer bearing the ID ¡®Delicious White Snake¡¯ flew over on a broomstick beside Mo Shigui and said.

    ¡°Cast it!¡± Mo Shigui ordered.

    The schr of magic studies is amon advanced ss of Mage, specializing in various alchemical machines and spells, essentially considered a profession simr to an Alchemist.

    The Dancing Nuclear Guild¡¯s assault team this time included five Magic schrs, which Mo Shigui had specifically arranged¡­

    Magic schrs are one of the few sses capable of flight inbat, as they can ride brooms.

    Under Mo Shigui¡¯s watch, the guild¡¯s five Magic schrs floated up into the air and hurled several bottles containing thunder and lightning, as well as bottles filled with a ghostly green liquid, towards the city walls.

    In an instant, arge expanse of dark clouds formed in the sky, and the clouds began to pour down torrential rain, which was all acid rain capable of corroding armor and even flesh.

    Mo Shigui didn¡¯t expect the acid rain to corrode the enemies¡¯ armor, but if it could weaken the sturdiness of the city walls, that would be enough.

    ¡°Ion Spark, Xiaoyuma, use your awakened ability when you¡¯ve taken aim!¡±

    Mo Shigui, shielding himself with his shield from a ¡®missile¡¯ from a Hawkeye Knight, directly ordered the two gunner yers in his team who had mastered their awakened abilities.

    The Shield Warrior¡¯s awakened ability needed to be attained through the divine trials in the God War instance, but the series of awakenings for the Sharpshooter profession, along with a small portion of other sses, were associated with the Tower of Trial.

    The yers known as Ion Spark and Xiaoyuma respectively belonged to the Gun Master and Mechanic professions.

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    ¡°Here ites!¡± Ion Spark had been waiting for this day for a long time.

    Though the Holy ones¡¯ awakened abilities were powerful, their cooldowns were so long they felt almost inhuman. Ion Spark¡¯s awakened ability required an extensive amount of magic stones just to unleash once, not to mention a cooldown time of three whole hours.

    But the effects were remarkable¡­

    Ion Spark put on his tactical goggles, aimed at the distant city walls eroded by the acid rain, and after the rain dissipated, he lightly snapped his fingers,pleting the skill¡¯s charging time, and released the Gun Master¡¯s awakened ability.

    The next second, a light shone in the sky, and a beam of light, originating from who knows where, mmed down onto the city walls. Next to this giant beam ofser light, seven smaller beams rotated around it.

    In Ion Spark¡¯s view, numbers like -291, -123, -491 continuously popped up on the city wall, which copsed under the erosion of the Satellite Beam.

    ¡°Pretty exhrating,¡± Ion Spark thought to himself as he listened to the constant sound of damage effects in his ears. It might¡¯ve been the first time a Holy awakened ability was used on the battlefield.

    As most yers had not yetpleted their awakening tasks, Ion Spark, who was carefully nurtured by the Dancing Nuclear Guild as a Gun Master, had justpleted a series ofplicated awakening tasks yesterday to obtain this ability.

    ¡°Xiaoyuma, your turn!¡±

    As Mo Shigui called out, several more arrow-like missilesnded beside him.

    ¡°I¡¯ve been ready to cast! Gai Bojia, hit it!¡±

    A Mechanic yer named Xiaoyuma had four flying drones appear behind him, which formed a gigantic square-shaped electrical arc portal!

    From within the portal emerged an enormous mechanical arm capable of punching Godzi to the ground; the arm stretched out from the portal and headed straight for the city wall, which was on the verge of copse, with a swift punch.

    After knocking away several zombie soldiers along the way, that portion of the city wall crumbled into bricks scattered by the impact of the mechanical arm.

    At that moment, Xiaoyuma received a reward notification, ¡®City Wall Destruction (75%) Reward 3000 points of divine grace for the God War.¡¯

    The Mechanic¡¯s awakened ability¡­ Gai Bojia¡¯s Punch, was fundamentally about summoning the fist of a legendary robot from another dimension to attack.

    However, Jiang Qiao had cut corners a bit on this ability¡ªthe legendary robot had only one fist, and none of the rest of its body existed.

    ¡°Everyone, into the city! Holy ones, remember to set up resurrection points!¡±

    Mo Shigui nced at the vicinity of the city walls, where elites from other guilds had simrly made their way to the base of the walls; seeing the opening created by the Dancing Nuclear Guild, they too came over to join in on the action.

    Thus, the battlefield was instantly divided into two parts, one being the frontlines filled with the army of zombie soldiers, and the other being the urbanbat that ensued after the elite yers breached the interior of the city.

    As for the zombie civilians inside the city, just as Jiang Qiao had predicted, they all entered a frenzied state, turning the inner city area into something resembling the set of a Resident Evil film.

 Chapter 71 - 70: Wolf Knight

    Chapter 71: Chapter 70: Wolf Knight

    The efficiency of the Dancing Nuclear Guild really was astonishing.

    Under Mo Shigui¡¯smand, the entire strategy team circumvented the streetside zombies that had entered a frenzied state, attracting only a few minor mobs¡¯ aggro, and sessfully entered the dungeons of the royal district.

    Four out of the five Knights under Queen Mei¡¯smand were fighting on the frontlines, and they had not anticipated that these Holy Spirits would so fearlessly disregard the basicws of the battlefield, risking their lives to demolish the city walls.

    From Mo Shigui¡¯s voicemunications with the other guild leaders, it appeared that the Wasp Knight, the axe-wielding man, and the Lion Heart Knight, these three elite BOSSes, had already been restrained ¨C their remaining task was to take down the Wolf Knight lurking deep within the dungeon.

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    ¡°Why do I get the feeling this ce is haunted?¡±

    As one of the external supports, Lin Xi took the lead and controlled his character, Dreaming in Daylight, to walk into the dungeon.

    The entirety of the dungeon environment was exceptionally damp and gloomy, and the simted scent of rust Lin Xi could smell seemed like the scent of blood in reality.

    ¡°Are you scared of ghosts, big shot?¡± Ion Spark asked as he followed by Lin Xi¡¯s side, knowing Lin Xi¡¯s real identity in the actual world. As a fellow gun and artillery yer, he was somewhat of a fan of Lin Xi.

    ¡°Scared of what! We¡¯ve even ughtered dragons in this game, why would we be afraid of ghosts?¡± Lin Xi kept bbering mouthily, but the next moment, the depths of the dungeon unexpectedly emitted a sharp scream.

    The scream was a cross between a wolf howl and a ghoulish roar that,bined with the sinister dungeon environment, was enough to make the faint-hearted yers drop their weapons.

    ¡°Fuck!¡±

    Lin Xi made a decisive reaction on the spot, clinging tightly to Zhao Mingwei who was nearby.

    ¡°You can turn up the brightness of the screen a bit,¡± said Zhao Mingwei, pushing Lin Xi¡¯s face away with his hand. Zhao Mingwei knew that this king of trash talk always imed to be fearless during horror game streams, only to end up scrambling and screaming when chased by ghosts.

    ¡°My screen¡¯s brightness is already at max,¡± said Lin Xi while looking around incessantly, ¡°This map is kind of eerie, I always feel like there¡¯s something watching me from behind, but there¡¯s not even a mob nearby?¡±

    ¡°Where would there be mobs in a BOSS room? Mo Shigui is about to initiate the fight.¡±

    At that moment, Jiang Qiao had already lifted his Magic Wand, with a Fire Spirit and a Water Spirit appearing beside him. However, the next second the Water Spirit, out of fear, hid behind Jiang Qiao, while the Fire Spirit showed some bravery, sitting directly atop Jiang Qiao¡¯s head.

    In the far-off darkness, a pair of crimson eyes suddenly lit up, and at this moment, the elite strategy team of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, with their excellentbat training, had already swiftly scattered under the instruction of Mo Shigui.

    Jiang Qiao threw a Scouting Technique into the depths of the dungeon shrouded in darkness.

    ¡®Name: Knight Ulysses the Wolf, Level: 69, upation: Warrior Series, Description: One of the strongest among the five knights under Queen Mei, the Wolf Knight is the only one of the knights who has lost his sanity and be fully zombified. However, ording to my scouting, the loss of his sanity is not due to zombification but must be for some other reason. Hai Lan¡¯s memories on this part are iplete, so I can¡¯t investigate more clues. However, the Star Map does indicate some evil forces, and the three forces I can retrieve from Hai Lan¡¯s memories are Abyss, Chaos, and Oblivion. Beware of the invasions of these forces; you are not the only one looking for the Divine Fragments of Hai Lan.¡¯

    Jiang Qiao was d that only he could see this exnation ¨C other yers who scouted would only see this Wolf Knight¡¯s health points.

    In front of Jiang Qiao¡¯s interface, the health points of the Wolf Knight read 6266350/6266350.

    Six million hit points were slightly lower than those of the Lion Heart Knight.

    Lower health points did not mean he was weaker than the Lion Heart Knight inbat strength. Another scream sounded, and the pair of crimson eyes suddenly leaped into the sky.

    Jiang Qiao finally saw the opponent¡¯s appearance at this moment, this Wolf Knight was over two meters tall just like the Lion Heart Knights, and when he leapt into the air, his great sword swung fiercely towards Mo Shigui at the very front of the team.

    When the Wolf Knight¡¯s great sword violently smashed against Mo Shigui¡¯s shield, sparks scattered from the de and the surface of the shield blossomed in the darkness, and the ground under Mo Shigui¡¯s feet instantly cracked apart.

    This strike made Mo Shigui feel a heavy power in his hands, but this force was not enough to cause any twists or injuries to Mo Shigui¡¯s arms.

    ording to Jiang Qiao¡¯s settings, Spiritual Bodies are beings that exist between physical entities and spiritual entities, if you really want to put it, Spiritual Bodies don¡¯t have muscles and joints, their bodyposition is a kind of energy entity.

    So yers could feel the force of various monsters¡¯ attacks, but no matter how strong this force was, it would only feel like a gentle tap with a small hammer.

    The Wolf Knight,pared to other BOSSes, was far more ferocious, crazily hitting Mo Shigui¡¯s shield with its ¡®little hammer¡¯.

    The actions of the Wolf Knight swinging his sword could no longer be described as human-like, much more resembling a creature with limbs sprawled on the ground.

    While the Wolf Knight treated Mo Shigui like a nail to hammer, the other members of the raid group had gone all out with their attacks, throwing every skill they had at the Wolf Knight.

    These attacks made the Wolf Knight even more enraged, and finally, it did something a Spiritual Instance BOSS would never do¡­ It grabbed Mo Shigui¡¯s shield.

    ¡°Damn, a disarming skill!?¡±

    ¡°Guild Master!¡±

    Mo Shigui had not anticipated this situation; having yed VR games for so long, this was his first encounter with a BOSS¡­ that fought over a weapon with him.

    Thisck of experience caused Mo Shigui to make a severe mistake; he was directly lifted by the Wolf Knight, then mmed viciously to the ground on the other side.

    -1390.

    Mo Shiguiy on the ground in confusion, staring at the ceiling above, while his other hand, still holding the shield, was still grasped by the Wolf Knight.

    ¡°It¡¯s not disarming! It¡¯s a throw technique!¡± As the vicemander of the raid group, Rain Song immediately provided an exnation in the voice channel, ¡°Aggro is on the Guild Master, everyone else, keep up the DPS!¡±

    Rain Song¡¯smand was very concise; the Wolf Knight¡¯s body erupted again with mes, frost, and a barrage of various curses intertwined skills, but the Wolf Knight seemed fixated on Mo Shigui, tightly gripping his shield and not willing to let go.

    Jiang Qiao had considered the possibility of bosses in the real world grabbing yers¡¯ weapons, so the equipment of Spiritual Bodies is actually part of their bodies. That is to say, if the weapons of the Spiritual Bodies were taken away, they would disappear and then reappear in their hands.

    Since shields are equipped more ¡®solidly,¡¯ unless the Wolf Knight chopped off Mo Shigui¡¯s hand, there was no way it could take the shield from Mo Shigui¡¯s hands.

    The Wolf Knight once again grabbed Mo Shigui¡¯s hand and mmed it viciously onto another side of the leyline, then lifted his great sword to pierce through Mo Shiguiying on the ground.

    The second after Mo Shigui turned into a tombstone, he was resurrected by the Fluffy Rabbit using Resurrection Technique.

    This time he finally escaped from the clutches of the Wolf Knight.

    ¡°You won¡¯t catch me with that throw technique a second time!¡± Mo Shigui tapped his shield with his de, and after casting a skill that hardened his entire body, the Wolf Knight once again lifted his great sword and chopped towards him.

 Chapter 72 - 71: Special Attack Methods

    Chapter 72: Chapter 71: Special Attack Methods

    Two hourster¡­

    Mo Shigui believed that Saint Spirit¡¯sbat system was already quite rich, and it could even be said to be one of the most free in VR online games, as yers could attack using various imaginative methods.

    The most basic was to throw a bottle of oil on the ground and then ignite it with me Magic, amon way for yer skills to interact with the game environment for extended attacks.

    Saint Spirit fully expanded on this concept, where acid rain could corrode the walls in an instance causing a massive copse, or with mechanical enemies, one could simply destroy their core for an instant kill, and other mechanisms close to reality.

    The most astonishing thing Mo Shigui experienced was during a fight in the ck Dragon Nest, where the assassin and the Wandering Gunman, two extremely agile professions, could even jump onto the back of the ck Dragon Princess to attack.

    And today, this Wolf Knight told Mo Shigui¡­ what a BOSS battle you¡¯ve never yed before was like.

    Mo Shigui was currently hanging on the Wolf Knight¡¯s Longsword, pierced by it ten seconds ago¡­ And he wasn¡¯t the only one impaled, another Shield Warrior from the Dancing Nuclear Guild, whose ID was Dagger, was also run through.

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    ¡°Guild Leader, what a coincidence¡­ you¡¯re hanging on the BOSS¡¯s de too,¡± Dagger still found the mood to chat with Mo Shigui at this time.

    ¡°¡­¡±

    Mo Shigui didn¡¯t speak, while the Wolf Knight was still swinging his Longsword. Soon, the Wolf Knight caught his third prey, a Swordsman yer from the Dancing Nuclear Guild¡­

    Before the Swordsman could raise his sword to block, the Wolf Knight pierced through his chest with the Longsword, achieving the feat of skewering three in a row.

    ¡°You¡¯vee too,¡± Dagger said to the Swordsman yer.

    But their greetings were cut short when the Wolf Knight let out another horrifying roar and raised his Longsword, smashing it towards the fourth Shield Warrior from the Dancing Nuclear Guild.

    ¡°This BOSS must be poisoned!¡±

    This fourth Shield Warrior was none other than ¡®Mama Has a Dog¡¯. He raised his shield to block, only to watch helplessly as the BOSS pped his guild leader¡¯s body against his face.

    One smash was not enough; the Wolf Knight furiously hit him four more times with his Longsword. Finally, under Mo Shigui¡¯s despondent expression, the Wolf Knight delivered the fifth andst blow.

    -3101.

    A new number appeared above Mo Shigui¡¯s head, and his health points were once again reduced to zero, along with Dagger and the Swordsman.

    However, at the moment his health points reached zero, the healer yers in the raid team immediately cast the Resurrection Technique on them.

    ¡°Guild¡­ Guild Leader¡­ I¡¯m feeling a bit 3D sick, what should I do?¡± Dagger got up from the ground after being resurrected, covering his mouth. The experience of hanging on the BOSS¡¯s de was akin to a thrilling roller coaster ride.

    This made Dagger, a seasoned VR yer, begin to feel a bit of 3D sickness.

    ¡°Hold it in!¡±

    Mo Shigui felt humiliated at that moment. He, the esteemed guild leader of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, having yed VR games for almost ten years, had killed perhaps over a hundred thousand BOSSes in his lifetime.

    He could ept being wiped out by several of the BOSS¡¯s powerful AOE abilities, but this experience of being grabbed by the BOSS to be used as a weapon to smash his teammates was a first.

    Moreover, this was his second death, and if he died a third time, the amulet given by Fureya would shatter.

    Mo Shigui didn¡¯t care much about the amulet shattering, but from the fourth death onwards, he would have to be careful.

    The Corpse Curse would reduce his level to forty-nine, and though he could still wear his equipment, its attributes would decrease significantly, which would be fatal for the tense progress through the instance.

    But Mo Shigui wouldn¡¯t let a third death ur.

    ¡°Watch out for his throwing skills! And the ck fog on the ground! Start running! Run even when casting! Velveteen Rabbit! Position four! Mage output squadron, seven!¡±

    Mo Shigui continued to issuemands in an orderly fashion. After two hours of engagement, the elite strike team of Dancing Nuclear Guild had already reduced the Wolf Knight¡¯s health by nearly a million.

    The Wolf Knight¡¯s moves were more unpredictable than other rational knights, but most of his attacks were throws, such as grabbing a yer and hurling them at another yer.

    Over the span of two hours, Mo Shigui hadpletely mastered the Wolf Knight¡¯s attack patterns. As soon as the Wolf Knight made certain initial movements, Mo Shigui could immediately infer what the beast intended to do next.

    The yers of the Dancing Nuclear strike team were all elites, capable of not only executing Mo Shigui¡¯smands to perfection but also reacting instantly to the situation at hand.

    When the Wolf Knight charged towards the highest output Mages, he raised his longsword to strike. In that instant, a pale golden Telekinesis Energy Shield lit up; the longsword hacked against it, creating cracks on the shield¡¯s surface that instantly shattered.

    As the shield shattered, the Wolf Knight tried to swing his longsword a second time but was met with a ferocious tiger made of telekic energy instead.

    The tiger pounced directly on the Wolf Knight, momentarily jostling the massive body off bnce.

    This telekic tiger was summoned by Zhao Mingwei, whose duty was to protect the fragile Mage outputs. With him present, the Wolf Knight at least couldn¡¯t instantly take down the guild¡¯s squishy roles.

    ¡°Sniper team!¡± Mo Shiguimanded another subgroup through voice chat. This was a team he had formed on the fly after studying the boss mechanics of the Holy Spirits, focusing primarily on long-range, high-precision skills.

    Their main responsibility was Armor Break. The armor on all bosses in the Holy Spirits could be shattered, as with dragons it was the dragon scales. Hence the Wolf Knight¡¯s armor would break if it was struck repeatedly in the same spot.

    ¡°Hit!¡±

    That was Lin Xi¡¯s responsibility with his Daydreaming ability¡ªconjuring a Laser Cannon in his hand. The cannon, once charged up, fired aser inteced with red and blue light.

    Made of highly concentrated Magic Power particles, theser struck the Wolf Knight¡¯s chest te with precision, and cracks began to form on it under theser¡¯s impact.

    Over the course of two hours, Lin Xi had hit the Wolf Knight¡¯s same spot with several spells.

    ¡°Armor¡¯s broken! Increase output.¡±

    Mo Shigui blocked the Wolf Knight¡¯s furious swipe with his shield. Having spent two whole hours mastering the boss¡¯s attack patterns, he believed that at this rate they would be the first to conquer this battle of divinity within four hours!

    This was a good thought, but as the Wolf Knight let out a terrifying roar for the second time, suddenly ¡°Your Mum Will Die Tonight¡± cast a Heavenly Thunder that ttened the Wolf Knight to the ground.

    ¡°Velveteen Rabbit, put on the Power Blessing¡­ What¡¯s happening?!¡± Mo Shigui called for the Priest squadron to apply the offensive BUFF to all members when he saw that Velveteen Rabbit¡¯s health bar had emptied, and the health of several Priests apanying him was also rapidly declining.

    ¡°Guild Leader! Another BOSS has intruded!¡± Velveteen Rabbit shouted in voice chat.

    Another BOSS?

    Mo Shigui was stunned for a moment, but in the next second, he saw his own health rapidly depleting. He looked down at his chest in disbelief.

    A de had prated his armor and pierced his heart, ignoring the protection it offered. Mo Shigui turned his head to see a figure wearing a pure white mask emerging behind him.

    ¡®You have been killed by the Wasp Knight.¡¯

    This prompt popped up in Mo Shigui¡¯s message bar. He fell to the ground, his vision gradually fading into darkness. In thest moments before being engulfed by darkness, he saw Fureya¡¯s amulet in his hand. The surface of the amulet started to crack and ultimately shattered into pieces, falling to the ground.

    Mo Shigui opened his mouth wanting to say something but found he could not make a sound, until his vision waspletely consumed by darkness.

 Chapter 73 - 72 Something Big is Going to Happen

    Chapter 73: Chapter 72 Something Big is Going to Happen

    ¡°Wiped out? No worries, let¡¯s rest for a bit and then continue, the boss¡¯s recovery speed isn¡¯t that fast.¡±

    Mo Shigui, in his spiritual form, was teleported back to the Tower of Trial, where he had to rerun it to reach the dungeon of Lionheart City to resurrect.

    However, Mo Shigui knew it was pointless, as all the healers from the Dancing Nuclear Guild had been ughtered by the intruding yellow wasp knights, and the next moment they targeted the group of Shield Warriors in front.

    Both tank and healer gone, this situation could only end in a wipe.

    Getting wiped in an instance was quite normal, so the morale of the strategy team members wasn¡¯t too affected, but Mo Shigui, in his spiritual state, pondered for a long time.

    If he wanted to resurrect now, he could only do so at the Resurrection Cathedral in Lionheart City.

    The problem was¡­ Mo Shigui looked at an item in his backpack that had turned gray.

    ¡®Broken Fureya Charm

    Mission Item

    Description: This is a charm symbolizing the depletion of life force, with a small inscription in the cracks of the shattered charm, ¡°Kind Holy Spirit, are you safe?¡±¡®

    Looking at the description of this item, the first emotion that surged in Mo Shigui¡¯s heart was fear.

    So much so that he dared not click the option ¡°Resurrect at the Resurrection Cathedral.¡±

    Be rational! Be rational!

    Mo Shigui kept trying to control his emotions.

    It¡¯s just an NPC.

    Rationally speaking, it¡¯s merely a piece of data turning from ON to OFF.

    ON to OFF¡­ ON to OFF¡­ life to death¡­

    The more Mo Shigui thought about it, the less he could control his emotions, feeling as if he had just learned that a loved one had entered the ICU.

    He could only stand outside, silently awaiting the arrival of bad news, yet could do nothing about his anxiety.

    ¡®Your time limit as a Spiritual Body has arrived, you will be automatically resurrected at the Resurrection Cathedral.¡¯

    A system notification suddenly popped up in Mo Shigui¡¯s message bar, and it took him a moment to remember that yers within the Holy Spirit could maintain their spiritual form for a maximum of five minutes.

    If the time passed without running back for a corpse resurrection, the yer would automatically resurrect at the Resurrection Cathedral.

    Damn!

    Mo Shigui only felt a sensation of free falling, and when he opened his eyes again, he was looking at the ceiling of the Resurrection Cathedral.

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    And he was lying on the holy altar in the center of the cathedral.

    Normally, Fureya would say a few lines at this moment, although they were all words filled with concern like ¡°Ah, you¡¯re back.¡± or ¡°Holy Spirit, please be more careful next time,¡± the underlying message was ¡°hurry up and get off the resurrection altar to go grind monsters.¡±

    This time, Mo Shigui seemed not to hear Fureya¡¯s greeting, which made him afraid to stand up on the resurrection altar.

    ¡°You¡¯re back.¡±

    But then, the next second, that familiar voice, gentle and slow, resonated beside Mo Shigui¡¯s ear; he suddenly stood up from the resurrection altar and looked to the side.

    Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya was standing beside him, unharmed.

    ¡°Really overthought it.¡±

    In that moment, Mo Shiguiughed at himself somewhat mockingly, knowing the designers would never let such an important NPC perish.

    ¡°Kind Spirit, may I hold your hand?¡± Fureya suddenly made this request, and Mo Shigui caught a hint of pleading in her voice.

    ¡°What¡¯s the hidden quest this time?¡± Mo Shigui had heard this line from Fureya after being resurrected, but looking into Fureya¡¯s eyes, it was really hard to treat it as a pre-set phrase or a character designed by the system.

    He hesitated for a while but finally took off his left arm¡¯s armor and extended his hand toward Fureya.

    Fureya also reached out her hands and gently ced them on Mo Shigui¡¯s left hand. At that moment, Mo Shigui felt a warmth, a soft touch, and a human-like body temperature. He could even feel the doll¡¯s heartbeat.

    ¡°This is thest thing I can do,¡± Fureya said softly, her hands beginning to glow faintly.

    At hearing this line, Mo Shigui immediately sensed something was amiss. By the time he realized it, it was already toote¡ªa notification popped up in his message bar.

    ¡®Your Corpse Curse has been purified by Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya.¡¯

    ¡°Farewell, Kind Spirit. I am d to have met you,¡± Fureya¡¯s next words made Mo Shigui abruptly reach out and grasp her arm tightly.

    But it was toote. Fureya weakly kneeled on the ground, and Mo Shigui, just before she fell, released her arm and instead supported her shoulders.

    Such a level of contact was previously not allowed, but at that moment, Mo Shigui held Fureya, who had copsed to the ground, in his arms.

    ¡°You can understand me, right? Not just some system-set line¡ªyou have your own thoughts! You know what I am saying!¡± Mo Shigui, feeling her gradually weakening breaths, shouted uncontrobly, ¡°Answer me!¡±

    Fureya¡¯s eyes blinked a few times, her cherry-red lips quivered several times as if trying to speak, but she no longer had the strength to talk.

    ¡°I am listening this time,¡± Mo Shigui brought his ear close to Fureya¡¯s lips, and heard a voice simr to before, tinged with fear and longing.

    ¡°Will you¡­ remember me?¡±

    After uttering these words in a barely audible voice, Fureya¡¯s pupils lost their sparkle, and her mouth gradually changed from glossy cherry lips to the lips of a doll.

    Her skin took on a paint-like texture, and her arms, which returned to being doll joints, slid down. Mo Shigui¡¯s arms trembled as he felt Fureya in his arms losing her warmth and turning into a rigid block of wood, and his entire hand shook uncontrobly.

    Is this what you call an NPC?

    Is this REALLY an NPC?

    Mo Shigui hugged Fureya who had turned into a doll-state, his teeth clenched without tears, only a rage burning from within.

    At that moment, he really couldn¡¯t tell whether the words spoken by the NPC within the spirit were system preset or came from her own thoughts.

    But one thing Mo Shigui was certain of, he had to resurrect Fureya.

    There was only one way to resurrect her¡­ to hunt down the Wasp Knight!

    Because the one who killed him the third time was not the Wolf Knight, but the Wasp Knight.

    Fureya¡¯s spirit had been taken by the Wasp Knight.

    Mo Shigui ced theatose Fureya on the resurrection tform, then quickly dashed out of the Resurrection Cathedral¡¯s doors; outside, a Velvet Rabbit and part of the elite strategy team members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild had been waiting for Mo Shigui for a long time.

    ¡°Guild leader, shall we continue to go back and fight the Wolf Knight?¡±

    ¡°Where is the Wasp Knight?¡± Mo Shigui asked his guild members responsible for intelligence.

    ¡°Wasp Knight¡­ Guild leader, that¡¯s the boss managed by the Abyss Temple. That boss invading our instance battlefield and causing us to wipe was really embarrassing, but if we now preemptively target the Wasp Knight from the Abyss Temple, wouldn¡¯t that tarnish our guild¡¯s reputation?¡±

    ¡°You just need to tell me where she is!¡± Mo Shigui said.

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    PS: A book rmendation without responsibility, ¡°My Girlfriend is a System,¡± from Super Seedling. Everyone can check it out¡­

 Chapter 74 - 73: Snatching the BOSS

    Chapter 74: Chapter 73: Snatching the BOSS

    The Yellow Jacket Knight was a knight serving under Queen Mei, tasked with assassination and intelligence-gathering missions.

    She also mastered several powerful magics, and invisibility was just the basics of basics. Another ability of the Yellow Jacket Knight was to create clones.

    She could switch her original body among these clones, allowing her to be exceptionally agile on the battlefield.

    Thus, while engaging inbat with the Holy Spirits on the battlefield using her clones, the Yellow Jacket Knight was also responsible for gathering intelligence rted to this group of Holy Spirits.

    First and foremost, she needed to determine what these ¡®Holy Spirits¡¯ were.

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    Consequently, during the attack on the Dancing Nuclear Guild¡¯s underground prison, the Yellow Jacket Knight did not exterminate the opposition entirely. After she and the Wolf Knight had in most of the Holy Spirits, she calmed the Wolf Knight, who was in a Frenzy State, and instructed him to retreat deeper into the prison.

    She herself stayed behind with three Holy Spirits for interrogation.

    However, the interrogation process was anything but easy. No matter how she concealed her own presence, one of the Holy Spirits managed to locate her, and among them, one Holy Spirit reacted much faster than those she had killed.

    The Yellow Jacket Knight swung her chained de fiercely at the most troublesome of the three Holy Spirits, but he suddenly reached out and¡­ caught the de of the Yellow Jacket Knight.

    ¡°What are you creatures?¡±

    With one hand on the end of her chained de, the Yellow Jacket Knight had numerous clones on the battlefield. Though her clones might weaken her original body¡¯sbat strength, her strength was still far beyond that of ordinary people under the divine protection of Queen Mei.

    But what puzzled the Yellow Jacket Knight most was¡­ these Holy Spirits did not bleed, and the lethal toxin she had coated her chained de with seemed utterly ineffective against them.

    ¡°BOSS aggro is on me! You guys go back to the city first!¡±

    The yer confronting the Yellow Jacket Knight was Zhao Mingwei, who had no interest in answering the Knight¡¯s questions.

    Zhao Mingwei was pondering how to escape the Yellow Jacket Knight¡¯s hunt.

    Perhaps the Yellow Jacket Knight couldn¡¯t see the numbers like -135, -234 constantly popping up above Zhao Mingwei¡¯s head.

    But Zhao Mingwei was well aware that this Lord-level BOSS had attacks with bleeding and poisonous attributes. If he held out for another five or six seconds against the Yellow Jacket Knight, he would lose his first life in the battle of the gods due to bleeding and poison!

    Zhao Mingwei didn¡¯t want to lose his first life in this dreadful ce. Judging by the voicemunications from the Dancing Nuclear Guild, Mo Shigui, who had already died three times in a row, had predictably entered frenzy mode.

    ¡°My portal is ready! Time to make a getaway!¡±

    Jiang Qiao was the second of the three survivors, and the Summoner job ss generally possessed one or two portal-like skills.

    The other surviving yer had already dashed into the portal opened by Jiang Qiao. Seeing this, Zhao Mingwei quickly released the Yellow Jacket Knight¡¯s chained de, applied a Telekinesis Energy Shield to himself, and rushed into the portal as well.

    ¡°See you next time,¡± said Jiang Qiao, waving at the Yellow Jacket Knight before taking a backward leap into the portal behind him.

    The Yellow Jacket Knight did not pursue, as it would have been meaningless.

    After the portal faded, all that remained in the dungeon were a multitude of bizarrely shaped tombstones: there were the ordinary cross shapes, square ones, and some tombstones were even statues of a bodybuilding coach, limited edition in pure gold.

    The variety of odd tombstones was due to a customizable yer tombstone feature Jiang Qiao had enabled. yers could design the appearance of their tombstones after death in an editor.

    ¡°No bodies, no blood, but the red-clothed individual was correct; killing these creatures grants a special strength,¡± the Yellow Jacket Knight mused.

    She nced at her arm d in a vambrace; with each Holy Spirit she killed, she felt a surge of power flow into her, nourishing her depleted flesh.

    If the Yellow Jacket Knight hunted enough Holy Spirits, she could break free from her undead state. Most importantly, this power also had the ability to soothe the Wolf Knight when in a Frenzy State.

    With this in mind, the Yellow Jacket Knight approached the Wolf Knight, who was lurking in the shadows. Even the Yellow Jacket Knight¡¯s small stature was like that of a little girl in the presence of the Wolf Knight.

    ¡°I will help you regain your senses,¡± the Yellow Jacket Knight said, cing her hand on the Wolf Knight¡¯s helmet. The raging Wolf Knight seemed somewhat intimidated by her but eventually bowed down submissively, like a well-behaved Husky.

    The Yellow Jacket Knight then transferred all the energy she had gained from hunting Holy Spirits to the Wolf Knight.

    ¡°Everything will return to how it was, just like it was hundreds of years ago.¡±

    Afterpleting this task, her figure vanished on the spot. The Yellow Jacket Knight swapped ces with one of her clones on the front lines.

    ¡­¡­

    ¡°Another clone! Does this BOSS even have a real body?¡±

    The leader of the Abyss Temple Guild, Can Xin, threw Heavenly Thunder at a Yellow Jacket Knight, which urately struck, tearing the Yellow Jacket Knight to shreds in a sh of lightning.

    However, the system popped up two messages.

    ¡®You have killed a clone of the Yellow Jacket Knight.¡¯

    ¡®You have obtained a Yellow Jacket Medal.¡¯

    Can Xin was about to lose his mind reading this message.

    The Yellow Jacket Medal is an item used to exchange for instance rewards, and there are many types of medals. yers who want to exchange for Lion Heart Knight-rted medals must deal enough damage to the Lion Heart Knight to obtain the Lion Heart Medal.

    Apart from the six regr elite BOSS medals, there is also the Soldier Medal reward.

    This medal only requires killing zombie soldiers to obtain two to three medals, and the rewards for exchanging this medal are also very generous.

    The rewards for this battle of the gods were numerous, and Can Xin wanted many of them, including the ring of the Yellow Jacket Knight, as well as seven or eight pieces of equipment such as the Yellow Jacket Cloak and the Yellow Jacket Mask.

    But Can Xin, after going through all the trouble to kill a clone of the Yellow Jacket Knight, only got one medal, and the piece of equipment he wanted the most in this battle of the gods was the Yellow Jacket Ring. Just for one ring, he needed a whole thousand medals.

    The Abyss Temple had been brawling with the Yellow Jacket Knight for three whole hours, spending at least two hours of the frontline strategy team ying hide and seek with the clones of the Yellow Jacket Knight.

    As one of the damage dealers in the strategy team, this was the thirty-fourth clone he had killed.

    The rest of the strategy team members were also driven to despair by killing clones.

    ¡°I got one-shot by a clone again! Who still has Resurrection Technique, give me a hand!¡±

    A somewhat frantic voice came through the voice chat. The Yellow Jacket Knight¡¯s clones had low health but high damage! The damage was so high it was barely different from the real body, and with attacks that caused bleeding and poisoning, they were a nightmare for all the fragile sses.

    ¡°Guild Leader! Guild Leader! I¡¯ve found the real body of the Yellow Jacket Knight! Coordinates 591, 1249, 2.¡±

    ¡°The real body? Finally found it? Hunters, throw a re, Shield Warriors, lock it down with War Shackles!¡±

    Can Xin, thrilled beyond measure, rushed towards the coordinates reported by his guild member. As he approached the location of the coordinates, a long health bar popped up in the center of his vision.

    ¡®Yellow Jacket Knight, Health: 5923931/6013931.¡¯

    The real body! It has to be the real body!

    The Abyss Temple had fought with the real body of the Yellow Jacket Knight a few times in thest hour, but had been dealing with clones for the past hour.

    Can Xin fought until he was dizzy and nearly felt like vomiting, but now that he had finally found the real body, he certainly wasn¡¯t going to let her go.

    ¡°Hand over your Yellow Jacket Ring to me now! And your mask, cloak, gloves, shirt, pants!¡± Can Xin yelled at the real body of the Yellow Jacket Knight, his hand sparking with mes and lightning, ready to throw another Heavenly Thunder at the Yellow Jacket Knight in the distance.

    Heavenly Thunder again hit its mark precisely on the Yellow Jacket Knight, popping a -349 above its head.

    ¡®You have obtained three Yellow Jacket Medals.¡¯

    Another prompt rang in Can Xin¡¯s ears, and as he saw the number three, an indescribable sense of satisfaction surged from within him.

    He had just spent ten minutes risking instant death to kill one clone for a single medal, but now that he was farming damage on the real body, Can Xin felt he could farm a ring in less than an hour!

    Just as this thought emerged in Can Xin¡¯s mind, a Shield Warrior, who seemed toe out of nowhere, charged with a shield bash and pushed the Yellow Jacket Knight out of Can Xin¡¯s casting range.

    ¡°Guild Leader, someone is stealing the boss!¡± A shout from the other members of the Abyss Temple Guild erupted in the guild voice chat.

    ¡°Who? Who dares to steal from our Abyss Temple¡­ Old Song? You¡­ you¡¯re breaking the rules!¡± Can Xin saw the ID of the Shield Warrior clearly¡ªit was Mo Shigui, the Guild Leader of Dancing Nuclear Guild.

 Chapter 75 - 74 Crowdfunding

    Chapter 75: Chapter 74 Crowdfunding

    Mo Shigui suddenly appeared and stole Can Xin¡¯s mob, which was a loss of face for Can Xin. The face he lost wasn¡¯t in front of outsiders, but within the Abyss Temple guild itself.

    Ever since Mo Shigui took the initiative to hold that BOSS distribution meeting, Can Xin had informed all the members of his own guild. The message Can Xin sent at the time read, ¡°We¡¯ve booked the whole ce for this Divine War against the Ho Knight, and there¡¯s no way any other of the top seven guilds wille to snatch it. If there are any bystanders, we¡¯ll take care of them if we can.¡±

    Such a domineering statement, coupled with a care for bystanders, made Can Xin feel like his stature had suddenly grown within the guild.

    But it didn¡¯t take long for Mo Shigui to personally shatter that stature.

    Just thinking of this made Can Xin seethe with anger.

    ¡°Look at private chat!¡±

    Mo Shigui heard Can Xin¡¯sint, loudly calling out to him, but he himself still managed to keep a firm hold on the Ho Knight¡¯s aggro.

    Private chat?

    Can Xin didn¡¯t even have time to open his chat software, as the entire Dancing Nuclear Guild was converging from all directions.

    In an instant, the atmosphere between the two guilds became extremely tense, as if one small misstep could turn the instance-clearing battle into a massive open-world PK scene.

    Had they resolved to fight them for the Ho Knight?

    Can Xin hurriedly opened the private message that Mo Shigui had sent him five minutes ago. He had been busy trying to kill the Ho Knight¡¯s clone and hadn¡¯t spared a moment to check his private messages.

    ¡®My third life is in the Ho Knight¡¯s hands, and I¡¯m currently under the Corpse Curse. To break it, I must drain the Ho Knight¡¯s health. If you see this, reply immediately, or I¡¯ll start without you.¡¯¡±

    Corpse Curse? Can Xin remembered this mechanic in the Divine instance, but didn¡¯t he recall there was an even more vicious penalty as well?

    ¡°Can Xin, do me a favor. Our guild leader¡¯s wife was killed by the Ho Knight,¡± Velvet Rabbit ran over to Can Xin¡¯s side and revealed¡­ the real reason their guild leader hade charging over furiously to confront the Ho Knight.

    ¡°Wife? I knew Old Song had a girlfriend, but I didn¡¯t think he was married¡­¡±

    Can Xin was preupied with a hundred ways to kill the Ho Knight and it took him a moment to catch up with the conversation.

    ¡°Guild leader, Fureya, Spirit Guardian Fureya,¡± whispered a member of the Abyss Temple guild to Can Xin.

    ¡°So it¡¯s an in-game wife. Never would have guessed Mo Shigui with the bushy brows had a thing for doll girls.¡±

    Can Xin felt much better after hearing this; in his mind, Mo Shigui was the epitome of a straight man, one who wouldn¡¯t even flirt with female NPCs in the game.

    However, today Can Xin finally realized Mo Shigui was not the straightforward type, but rather a dark horse, which led Can Xin to believe he had discovered a weakness of the enemy guild¡¯s leader.

    What Can Xin needed to do was to exploit this weakness.

    ¡°Brothers! The Dancing Nuclear Guild leader¡¯s wife has been killed by the Ho Knight! Anyone with crowd control, help keep the Ho Knight in check. Anyone with a BUFF, put one on Guild Leader Mo Shigui!¡±

    Can Xin ran to the highest point of the battlefield ruins, only shouting out after cranking his volume up to the max.

    Not only did the members of the Abyss Temple hear his words, the Dancing Nuclear Guild yers on the battlefield, as well as some bystanders, all heard him loud and clear.

    ¡°What do you mean his wife got killed?¡±

    ¡°Are you dumb? Mo Shigui¡¯s Fureya is dead.¡±

    ¡°Ah? His doll girl is dead? Poor guy.¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s help him out since he¡¯s in such a pitiful state. I heard killing the Ho Knight could revive his doll girl.¡±

    Mo Shigui, listening to Can Xin¡¯s loud promation and the conversations of passersby, felt his eyelids and face twitch uncontrobly. He fought hard to suppress the twisted expression on his face and the urge to shout back at Can Xin.

    Once again, he raised his shield and mmed it into the Ho Knight.

    ¡°I recognize you,¡± the Ho Knight parried Mo Shigui¡¯s shield strike with his chain de, ¡°I¡¯ve killed you once, but I¡¯ve killed many spirits. When I see them again¡­ they show no hate towards me. Your expression looks very simr to mine.¡±

    ¡°Shut up!¡±

    Mo Shigui said as he swung his longsword with his left hand once again, aiming for the Wasp Knight. However, the figure of the Wasp Knight vanished before him, reappearing behind Mo Shigui the next moment.

    ¡°Your anger will make you lose your reason.¡± As the Wasp Knight¡¯s voice rang out, Mo Shigui felt another backstabing!

    But the de of the Wasp Knight didn¡¯t prate Mo Shigui¡¯s body as a barrier lit up around him, warding off the attack from the Wasp Knight.

    ¡®Fluffy Rabbit has cast Holy Light Guardian on you.¡¯

    Holy Light Guardian was a skill mastered by Holy ones, which allowed the target to be immune to physical damage for a very short time, approximately 2.5 seconds.

    And in a tense fight, 2.5 seconds could save a life!

    ¡°There won¡¯t be a fourth time!¡± During those 2.5 seconds, Mo Shigui immediatelyunched a Shield Strike, causing the Wasp Knight¡¯s body to be unbnced. As Mo Shigui prepared to swing his sword again, a green light suddenly shot out from the de, followed by a red light once the green had subsided.

    After the red light disappeared, an angelic apparition emerged above his head, followed by the shade of a green sprite after the angel¡¯s apparition faded, and then the phantom of a ghostly deity appeared.

    What¡¯s happening?

    Mo Shigui nced at the system prompt.

    ¡®Fluffy Rabbit has cast Power Blessing on you.¡¯

    ¡®Tablecloth has cast Honor Blessing on you.¡¯

    Mo Shigui recognized these two healers: one was the number one healer from his own guild, while the other was the top healer from the Abyss Temple guild. But the IDs popping up in his status bar afterward were all unfamiliar.

    ¡®Aquatic Tycoon has cast Disguise on you.¡¯

    ¡®Wen Xiangge has cast Warrior Mark on you.¡¯

    ¡®Candy Hater has cast Immortal Song on you.¡¯

    ¡®Jiu Xie has cast Holy Healing on you.¡¯

    ¡®You are under the effect of Sword Ghost Formation from Mechanic Ling Liao.¡¯

    ¡®You are under the effect of Spring Song from Winter Night Approaches¡­¡¯

    The sequence of IDs was all unknown to Mo Shigui. He took another look at his BUFF bar, which was filled with a dizzying array of seven rows of BUFFs.

    With each row able to disy ten BUFFs, this meant he was under the influence of more than seventy BUFFs.

    There were many professions among the Holy ones, and equally many with support abilities. Mo Shigui turned his head in amazement to find that, unknown to him, the area surrounding the battlefield was now filled with the figures of numerous yers.

    ¡°Online? The BUFF monster is here, where¡¯s that guy with the dead wife?¡±

    ¡°We¡¯re from Fureya¡¯s backup club, whose Fureya has died? Put on a BUFF and help bring her back to life.¡±

    ¡°Why are there so many Holies! My BUFFs have been overridden.¡±

    ¡°A level 40 Power Blessing? Little brother, you might want to step aside! Look at my Power Blessing.¡±

    Listening to the chatter of a bunch of passersby yers behind him, Mo Shigui could feel his face heating up. If this continued, the reputation of the Dancing Nuclear Guild leader was likely ruined¡­

    But¡­

    ¡°Thanks.¡±

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    Mo Shigui whispered so softly that no one could hear, as he raised his shield,den with an entire ten rows of BUFFs, and charged at the Wasp Knight once again.

 Chapter 76 - 75: Hornet Knight GET

    Chapter 76: Chapter 75: Ho Knight GET

    Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t continue to participate in the battle, but switched to the perspective of a bystander and watched the battle from above the battlefield.

    The battlefield of the Battle of Divinity had been divided into five areas, the first three parts were the three-way battlefield with Lion Heart, the axe-wielding man, and Yellow Jacket Knights, while thest two parts were the battles that had broken out near the Mage Tower in the royal city, where yers had stormed the castle.

    Thest part involved average yers hunting down zombie soldiers all over the battlefield.

    Of course, the hottest of the five battlefields was Yellow Jacket Knights¡¯ battlefield, where a bunch of yers gathered from all directions to join the excitement, just like celebrating a festival.

    That the yers received the news of Fureya¡¯s demise from Mo Shigui¡¯s household so quickly could probably be attributed to a post Jiang Qiao made on the Spirit Zone Forum five minutes earlier.

    The title of the post was ¡°The President of Dancing Nuclear Guild prepares to duel Yellow Jacket Knights to save Fureya, any kind soul willing to crowdfund a BUFF to rescue Fureya?¡±

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s original intention in making this post was actually to join in on the excitement, as most of the discussions on the Spirit Zone Forum were currently about the Battle of Divinity and Queen Mei, and Jiang Qiao¡¯s post with the keyword ¡®Fureya¡¯ quickly caught the attention of forum users.

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    Moreover, Dancing Nuclear Guild was a hot topic on various gaming forums, so replies to Jiang Qiao¡¯s post shot up immensely within a minute of posting.

    ¡®Isn¡¯t Mo Shigui the President of the Dancing Nuclear Guild? Would a big shot of his level die three times in an instance?¡¯ Responder: Wen Xiangge.

    ¡®It¡¯s true.¡¯ Responder: Rain Song.

    ¡®Rain Song, your straightforward reply has undermined the majesty of our president!¡¯ Responder: Mama Has a Dog.

    ¡®There¡¯s a new name added to the Fureya harem group.¡¯ Responder: Mirror Demon.

    ¡®Send coordinates, I can contribute a Wind Breath.¡¯ Responder: Phantom Feather Wing.

    ¡®Crowdfunding to save a wife? Is that even a thing? I¡¯ve nearly died twice in the battle for divinity and I¡¯m a bit scared¡­ If I die for the third time, will some big brother help save my wife?¡¯ Responder: Starry Writer Squad.

    ¡®We, the Fureya support group, are willing to offer help. Brother above, send your coordinates first.¡¯ Responder: Western Wind by Firelight.

    Jiang Qiao watched the continuously refreshing messages from above the battlefield, after uploading the footage of Mo Shigui¡¯s duel with Yellow Jacket Knights to the forum and marking the coordinates.

    Themon yers fighting the zombie soldiers on the battlefield all gathered towards these coordinates.

    The elite raid teams brought by the major guilds numbered at most seventy, like Dancing Nuclear Guild¡¯s raid team which only had fifty-three people, and the more people there were, the harder it was tomand.

    However, there were about three thousand regr yers on the battlefield, and in an instant, this crowd gathered towards one ce, constantly releasing various colored BUFFs.

    From above, Jiang Qiao saw it as if he was looking down at a colorful city street at night.

    ¡°Yellow Jacket Knights won¡¯t be able to hold on much longer,¡± Jiang Qiao remarked as he watched the yers gathering around Yellow Jacket Knights.

    yers could never truly solo a BOSS; Yellow Jacket Knights unfortunately became the first BOSS on the battlefield to be targeted by all the yers.

    Maybe Yellow Jacket Knights could barely cope with a battle against a hundred or two hundred, but with the number climbing to over a thousand yers, she was starting to struggle.

    ¡°I¡¯ve built the space you wanted me to create, but will they really listen to you?¡±

    Hai Lan¡¯s voice appeared beside Jiang Qiao, and a blue orb emerged next to him; this was the scouting drone created by Hai Lan.

    She overlooked the wasp Knight battling fiercely with the yers from above, feeling a sense of guilt for facing these former followers of hers. After the guilt, seeing the wasp Knight effortlessly take down a fragile Mage filled her with sorrow.

    ¡°We just need to persuade Queen Mei,¡± Jiang Qiao said, ¡°As for these knights¡­ let¡¯s capture them first.¡±

    The wasp Knight, being such an excellent BOSS, couldn¡¯t simply be a one-time challenge for the yers, especially since there wasn¡¯t a second one respawning after one was killed, which probably meant a bunch of reward-less yers were going to curse their mothers.

    Currently unable to create creatures above level fifty, Jiang Qiao saw the wasp Knight as unique for the time being and naturally wanted to promote a sustainable development strategy, reusing it where possible.

    The battle between Mo Shigui and the wasp Knightsted a full six hours, more urately, the yers had besieged the wasp Knight for six hours straight.

    ording to Jiang Qiao¡¯s setting, Mo Shigui¡¯s Fureya had, in fact, resurrected some time ago, but Mo Shigui still chose to take down the wasp Knight first, probably not wanting her to interfere in the battlefield of the wolf knights.

    The wasp Knight had be another fairy merchant on the battlefield, a gathering spot for the yers, with some not directly fighting her but just buffing Mo Shigui and debuffing the wasp Knight, then sitting down to eat dinner while AFK.

    However, such AFK spectating behavior was likely to get one instantly killed by the wasp Knight and the zombie soldiers, but the wasp Knight¡¯s health still steadily declined under thebined sniping of the experts from the Dancing Nuclear Guild and the Abyss Temple.

    Finally, at half-past two in the morning, the wasp Knight¡¯s health dropped below three thousand points, and the yers became restless.

    Help was help, but since the wasp Knight was a wild map BOSS, nobody knew if she would drop any good loot upon death.

    ¡°It¡¯s over!¡± Mo Shigui directly released Shield Bash at the wasp Knight once more, this time striking her knee with his shield.

    The wasp Knight couldn¡¯t withstand the blow and knelt on the ground.

    After six hours of closebat, Mo Shigui had long realized that the wasp Knight was a BOSS without super armor, her endurance this whole time relying on her ability to switch between various clones, as well as her attacks that caused bleeding and severe poison effects, even ignoring armor.

    But as the wasp Knight¡¯s health dropped to about ten thousand, her movements became noticeably sluggish, sluggish enough that Mo Shigui could even catch her in a 1V1 situation.

    ¡°I¡­ wille back for you all,¡± the wasp Knight could feel the power given by the queen dwindling, but she had already plundered enough energy from the yers.

    The wasp Knight needed some time to digest this energy or give it all to Queen Mei.

    ¡°Let¡¯s talk about it when you respawn next time!¡± Mo Shigui lifted his Longsword, enhanced by a full fifty-two buffs, stabbing at the wasp Knight, whose form gradually turned into particles of light, drifting towards the center of the king¡¯s city.

    But those particles hadn¡¯t been drifting for long when Jiang Qiao, who had been waiting in the sky above the battlefield, finally made his move.

    ¡°It¡¯s up to you now, Hai Lan! Catch that BOSS!¡± Jiang Qiao said as he threw the nearby Hai Lan, who was in her scouting drone form, out.

    ¡°What? What¡¯s happening?¡±

    Before the scouting drone version of Hai Lan could react to what was going on, Jiang Qiao had thrown her next to the wasp Knight, who was in a state of light particles. Then, the orb scouting drone split in two, swallowing up all the light particles that made up the wasp Knight.

    ¡®Congrattions, you have captured a wild wasp Knight.¡¯

    Jiang Qiao also received a brand-new system prompt.

 Chapter 77 - 76: A Letter Filled with Love

    Chapter 77: Chapter 76: A Letter Filled with Love

    Jiang Qiao returned from the ne of the Godlike battle, and theatose Wasp Knight he had captured was still in a deepa, possibly needing one to two days to awaken.

    However, Jiang Qiao didn¡¯t bother with the Wasp Knight, who had been farmed by thousands of yers in turns, and simply threw her into the ¡®cage space¡¯ created by Hai Lan before heading straight to the Reviver¡¯s Cathedral.

    It was now the twelfth hour since the opening of the Godlike battle, and Jiang Qiao had arranged a main plot and a hidden plot for this battle.

    The hidden plot was that after the Doll Sister died three times in the Godlike battle, if a yer went back and sessfully revived the Doll Sister, it would trigger the hidden plot.

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s Reviver¡¯s Cathedral was slightly different from the yers¡¯ as it had an additional desk, next to which there was a mailbox.

    And Jiang Qiao¡¯s Fureya, which is to say the legendary Fureya Mark I, was sitting in front of a bookshelf, writing something with a pen.

    ¡°What is she writing?¡±

    Hai Lan followed Jiang Qiao to the Reviver¡¯s Cathedral, and she leaned in to see Jiang Qiao¡¯s Fureya writing something on a piece of letter paper with a pencil¡­ in Chinese.

    ¡°Love letters.¡±

    Jiang Qiao approached his Fureya, and the Fureya Mark I continued writing letter after letter at the desk without lifting her head.

    After finishing a letter, a little fairy would pop out, fold the letter paper properly and put it into the mailbox.

    ¡°What love letters? To whom?¡± Hai Lan watched for a while and noticed there was another piece of letter paper on Fureya¡¯s desk as a temte, which was also in Chinese with very beautiful handwriting, which must have been Jiang Qiao¡¯s doing.

    ¡°To the yers, as letters to advance the plot. Of course, my Fureya couldn¡¯t possibly write one for each yer, so I intend to write about fifty or sixty temtes and then copy them to distribute randomly to all yers,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°Hmm, but your Fureya is still not very proficient in writing Chinese. Why don¡¯t you just write the temtes directly?¡±

    Hai Lan stood behind Fureya for a while, observing that the Doll Sister¡¯s Chinese writing was quite crooked and truly¡­ very ugly, even worse than the few dish names written by Hai Lan. Inparison, Jiang Qiao¡¯s handwriting was very beautiful.

    ¡°That would be immediately recognized by yers as written by a behind-the-scenes programmer, wouldn¡¯t it? Love letters, you see, need to feel authentic,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°What¡¯s the purpose of these love letters?¡± Hai Lan asked again.

    ¡°yers will only receive this love letter after reviving Fureya, it serves to push forward the narrative,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    ¡°Is it to thank the yers?¡± Hai Lan always felt that the game plot written by Jiang Qiao couldn¡¯t possibly be so simple¡­

    ¡°There¡¯s a part that thanks them, but essentially this letter is to urge yers to hurry up and level up by fighting monsters.¡±

    Jiang Qiao handed over the temte of the letter he had written to Hai Lan, who had long since learned Chinese, otherwise, she wouldn¡¯t have been able to understand so many dish names¡­

    ¡°Jiang Qiao, doing this will really send the yers into the instance,¡± Hai Lan concluded after roughly reading the content of the letter.

    ¡­¡­

    ¡®The soul of Guardian Spirit¡¤Fureya has been restored.¡¯

    Mo Shigui, after killing the Wasp Knight, did not even wait to check the reward settlement and immediately cast a Town Recall.

    The destination of the Town Recall was the center of Lionheart City. Mo Shigui sprinted along the streets of Lionheart City toward the Reviver¡¯s Cathedral and pushed open the doors to enter.

    The moment Mo Shigui stepped into the Reviver¡¯s Cathedral, he saw Fureya standing by the staircase.

    It was amon position for Fureya, who only sat on the steps waiting for yers to return under very few circumstances.

    Resurrected!

    When Mo Shigui saw Fureya again, he felt a kind of emotion simr to reuniting with a long-lost dear friend, but this feelingsted for less than a second.

    Fureya then saw Mo Shigui standing at the door, and the first sentence she said left Mo Shigui stupefied.

    ¡°Nice to meet you, kind Holy Spirit¡­ I am Fureya, your Guardian Spirit,¡± she said.

    ¡°¡­¡±

    Mo Shigui heard this line and felt bewildered; he remembered having heard it before. Every yer would hear Fureya introduce herself like this when they first created their ount.

    But the problem was Mo Shigui had been ying as the Holy Spirit for almost half a month now. Although he hadn¡¯t interacted with Fureya more than twenty times, Mo Shigui had definitely met her before.

    What did she mean by meeting for the first time?

    Mo Shigui thought of a terrifying possibility¡ªcould his Fureya¡­ possibly¡­ have amnesia?

    ¡°Do you not remember me?¡± To verify this possibility, Mo Shigui stepped forward only to notice Fureya tilt her head slightly.

    ¡°What are you talking about, Holy Spirit?¡± Fureya asked.

    Mo Shigui also knew this line¡ªit was what Fureya would say in response when a yer said something outside her preset script.

    ¡°¡­¡±

    This time, Mo Shigui truly froze in ce, taking several deep breaths to try to calm himself down.

    He was again suppressing his anger. Now he felt the urge to look up the Holy Spiritpany¡¯s address on the official website and send a bunch of razor des to the Holy Spirit production team.

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    Who wrote this heart-wrenching plotline? Mo Shigui had been gaming for so many years, and it was the first time he wanted to physically fight the game¡¯s production team.

    Not long after the idea of a real-life fight popped up, Mo Shigui suddenly received a new system notification.

    ¡®Congrattions onpleting the quest: Fureya¡¯s Intentions.¡¯

    Completed the quest? Mo Shigui remembered this quest¡­ it was one of three rted quests that followed the main quest ¡®Preparations for the War of Divine Plunder¡¯ at level fifty, the other two being ¡®The War of Divine Plunder¡¯ and ¡®The Real Shield Wall!¡¯

    The main quest ¡®The War of Divine Plunder¡¯ was rted to the instance ¡®The Battle against the Divine,¡¯ and toplete it, the yer had to reach ny percent progress in that instance, which would also reward an item called ¡®Queen Mei¡¯s Divinity,¡¯ exchangeable for many things.

    ¡®The Real Shield Wall!¡¯ was a Shield Warrior¡¯s awakening quest that required killing fifty undead soldiers and blocking ten thousand points of damage with a shield for the first phase.

    And then there was the third main quest, ¡®Fureya¡¯s Intentions,¡¯ with thepletion condition being: ?, and the reward was unlocking the second stage of Fureya¡¯s affection meter.

    At that time, Mo Shigui didn¡¯t care much about the NPC Fureya, so he hadn¡¯t paid much attention to the third quest.

    But now that Fureya had amnesia, he hadpleted her affection meter quest?

    How ironic¡­ No, wait!

    Mo Shigui hadn¡¯t received a notification for unlocking the second stage of Fureya¡¯s affection meter, but instead, he received a letter.

    A paper letter appeared in Mo Shigui¡¯s hands.

 Chapter 78 - 77 For Fureya

    Chapter 78: Chapter 77 For Fureya

    Mo Shigui hurriedly opened the letter and found some distorted characters inside. The characters were Chinese, which he could understand, yet they were written very poorly, like a child who had just learned Chinese.

    Just learned¡­ Chinese?

    The first line that caught Mo Shigui¡¯s eye in the letter was ¡®Dear Holy Spirit, learning yournguage is harder than I imagined¡­ I barely learned a small part, enough for you to read this letter.¡¯

    Did Fureya practice Chinese hard to write this letter to the yers?

    If Mo Shigui remembered correctly, the Holy Spirit World had its ownnguage, and the only reason yers couldmunicate with the NPCs of Holy Spirit was due to the system¡¯s built-in trantion capability.

    But that was just a setting in the background story, yet this letter from Fureya gave Mo Shigui the feeling that the boundary between dimensions had been shattered, as Fureya¡¯s character was aware of yers from another world.

    ¡®By the time you read this letter, my memory might have already disappeared¡­ This is my punishment, the punishment for betrayal. They warned me to keep my distance from you, but¡­ I couldn¡¯t.¡¯

    Mo Shigui read the contents of the letter carefully, the only thought in his mind being¡­ Was this letter really written by Fureya, or by a programmer from the creators of the Holy Spirit game?

    Logically, Mo Shigui should believe thetter, considering it merely a quest reward item designed to help yers understand and immerse themselves in the plot. Thus, this emotionally touching love letter could just be the creation of some bald programmer well-acquainted with yer psychology.

    But is the game Holy Spirit really that simple?

    After all this time, it was hard for Mo Shigui to believe that Fureya had no thoughts of her own.

    The signature of the letter stated, ¡®They won¡¯t let me have self-awareness.¡¯ This thrust Mo Shigui back into deep contemtion.

    While Mo Shigui was reading this letter, a private chat message suddenly popped up; it was from Rain Song.

    ¡®Guild Leader, check this post.¡¯

    The link Rain Song sent was to thetest post by Dancing Star Writers, titled ¡®My Doll Sister Has Lost Her Memory! But I Discovered Her Hidden Plot.¡¯

    Mo Shigui clicked on the post and found it was full of long paragraphs, prompting the thought ¡®too long; didn¡¯t read¡¯ in his mind.

    ¡®Do you know Dancing Star Writers?¡¯ Mo Shigui sent a private chat message to Rain Song.

    Mo Shigui knew that Dancing Star Writers was very knowledgeable about Holy Spirit¡¯s storylines. The task of Fureya¡¯s Intentions was not yetplete; there was a second phase of the quest left to aplish, although thepletion conditions were still unknown.

    ¡®I know him.¡¯ Rain Song replied in less than a second.

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    ¡®Pull him to join the instance.¡¯

    Mo Shigui sent back a message and, tucking away the letter, walked towards the cathedral of the resurrected.

    In less than ten minutes, Dancing Star Writers had been brought by Dancing Nuclear Guild to the entrance of the Divine Fragments instance.

    Dancing Star shrank a little, surrounded by the towering Shield Warriors of Dancing Nuclear, looking mini in stature as his character was a Mage.

    In front of a group of heavily armed Shield Warriors not showing any fashion items, Dancing Star¡¯s character, dressed in a snowman costume, looked¡­ extremely weak, helpless, and pitiful.

    ¡®Dancing Star, what exactly is going on with the quest storyline of Fureya¡¯s Intentions? Tell me the details,¡¯ Mo Shigui asked bluntly as he approached.

    ¡®Mo Shigui, did you manage to resurrect your wife?¡¯ Dancing Star¡¯s confidence surged when asked about the game storyline by Mo Shigui.

    ¡®¡­Resurrected.¡¯ Mo Shigui was still reluctant to call Fureya his ¡®wife,¡¯ but he had to admit the game nners of Holy Spirit were impressive.

    A series of storylines and quests had indeed made him genuinely fond of the NPC Fureya.

    ¡®But she doesn¡¯t remember you, right? Same here, but ording to my research on the plot, looking at the background story of Holy Spirit¡­¡¯

    ¡®Get to the point! How do Iplete the second stage of Fureya¡¯s Intentions?¡¯

    Mo Shigui interrupted Dancing Star¡¯s endless babbling; he just wanted to know how toplete the second stage task.

    ¡°Hepleted the instance of the Divine Fragment War.¡± Starry simply and directly told Mo Shigui the method toplete the second phase of the mission.

    ¡°Why?¡±

    Mo Shigui raised an eyebrow, unable to understand what connection there might be between Queen Mei and the doll girl, and wondered if it was a setting made by the nners to force yers to game intensively?

    ¡°You should listen to my exnation, I already posted on the forum about my deductions for the uing plot, and now I¡¯ll exin it again.¡±

    Starry proudly took out a piece of letter paper from his bag.

    ¡°This letter is a love letter that Fureya wrote to me,¡± Starry said.

    ¡°Are you sure it¡¯s not a suicide note?¡±

    Ion Spark, who had been listening, interjected at this point.

    ¡°It¡¯s a love letter! The item name is ¡®Letter Filled with Admiration¡¯ so it¡¯s definitely a love letter!¡± Starry forcefully corrected Ion Spark and continued, ¡°This letter reveals Fureya¡¯s feelings and a hidden plot in the main Holy Spirit storyline! I won¡¯t beat around the bush any longer, your doll girl wants to elope with you!¡±

    ¡°What does elope mean?¡± someone in the guild team asked.

    ¡°In the backstory, the doll girl was created by the cult of Lionheart City. This cult outwardly worships the Sea Blue Goddess, but they actually want to steal the Sea Blue Goddess¡¯s power,¡± Starry said as he showed Mo Shigui and the others several records he found in the library of Lionheart City.

    ¡°Fureya is a vessel for the Sea Blue Goddess¡¯s power. The surface story of the game is about Holy Spirits collecting world fragments to fix this broken world, but the hidden story is actually that the doll girl wants to evolve into a real human using the world fragments. However, the cult behind the scenes doesn¡¯t allow the doll girl to have such thoughts and thus erased her memory,¡± Starry exined.

    ¡°A cult? I feel like it¡¯s the shadowy nners who erased it.¡±

    ¡°This letter was also written by the shadowy nners, but when are people from the cult entering the instance?¡±

    Mo Shigui listened to the discussions of the guild members, but he still felt no emotional disturbances inside.

    ¡°Simply put, win the Divine Fragment War, and bring back the ¡®Divine Fragment of Sea Blue¡¯ item to the doll girl, and she will gain the power to rebel. Not only can her memory be restored, but you can also elope with the doll girl, which should be the method to unlock the second phase of affinity,¡± Starry disclosed his final deduction.

    ¡°I remember this item can be obtained afterpleting the Divine Fragment War mission, and it was originally supposed to be given to the King of Lionheart City,¡± Ion Spark mentioned.

    ¡°That¡¯s the surface main storyline; the hidden storyline is to give it to the doll girl. You can still receive the same reward, but the story is different. There will definitely be an instance to kill the old king released after this Divine Fragment War is over,¡± Starry Schr concluded, then looked at Mo Shigui.

    So ruthless.

    After hearing Starry¡¯s narration of the Holy Spirit main storyline, the only thought in Mo Shigui¡¯s mind was these three words.

    These three words were in praise of the Holy Spirit game¡¯s story. From a yer¡¯s perspective, the main storyline of Holy Spirit is mundane, a typical yer as the world savior storyline which many yers in online games usually don¡¯t care about.

    But with Fureya¡¯s betrayal in this hidden story, Mo Shigui had been fully immersed in the story of the Holy Spirit game.

    The sense of immersion was truly profound, and Fureya¡¯s character¡¯s portrayal broke through the fourth wall; just the fact that the doll girl learned Chinese specifically to write you a letter could touch the hearts of many yers.

    So he decided to help Fureya, to restore her memory, and to help the doll girl fulfill her wishes.

    This thought turned into an inner impulse.

    ¡°What should we do, president?¡±

    Rain Song asked, as the yers of the Dancing Nuclear Guild were already eager to try.

    ¡°We¡¯ve been fighting continuously for twelve hours. Anyone who wants to sleep, just say so,¡± Mo Shigui asked in the guild channel.

    ¡°Never mind, president, we¡¯re still spry. We¡¯ve already had dinner and are ready to continue the instance,¡± someone replied.

    ¡°Then let¡¯s go until dawn the next day. The target is the first kill of Queen Mei!¡± Mo Shigui brandished his shield and charged into the Divine Fragment War instance.

 Chapter 79 - 78: Defection from the Enemy (Request for Recommendation! Request for Recommendation!)

    Chapter 79: Chapter 78: Defection from the Enemy (Request for Rmendation! Request for Rmendation!)

    When the Dancing Nuclear Guild resumed their assault on the battle for divine status, Jiang Qiao used a heavenly gadget above the battlefield to open the yermunity forum and Racoon Live Streaming.

    The yermunity forum had be Jiang Qiao¡¯s best way to gather yers¡¯ opinions and gaming experiences.

    The battle for divine status had only started half a day ago, and yers had already managed to y the Wasp Knight¡­ which indeed exceeded Jiang Qiao¡¯s expectations.

    However, the casualties among the yers were also a heavy expense for Jiang Qiao. Currently, Jiang Qiao possessed 37,000 points of Creation Energy, which could be considered as 37,000 shared revival tokens for all the yers on the server.

    So far, the yers had used nearly 3,300 revival tokens. If it weren¡¯t for the penalty constantly reminding them that ¡®three deaths and you lose your wife,¡¯ Jiang Qiao felt that this number would likely have tripled.

    But where there¡¯s expenditure, there¡¯s ie. After ying a zombie soldier, Jiang Qiao could absorb one to two points of energy. The total number of zombie soldiers on the battlefield was around 40,000, and the number of active zombie civilians in the city was approximately 100,000. However, the energy gained from killing one was only between 0.1 and 0.3 points.

    The battlefield below, in Jiang Qiao¡¯s eyes, was still a vast mine of Creation Energy, and the effect of the love letters Fureya wrote to the yers after losing her memorypletely exceeded Jiang Qiao¡¯s imagination.

    The feedback was such that it was now four o¡¯clock in the morning, yet the online yer count on the server was still at its peak.

    As for the yers¡¯ movements in the battle for divine status, Jiang Qiao felt that watching the live stream was more direct.

    Racoon Live Streaming had specially set up a Holy Spirit section, currently ranked third in the VR online gaming category.

    Due to the Holy Spirit server having only 9,300 yers, anyone who set up a Holy Spirit gamey live stream on Racoon Live Streaming could attract considerable poprity.

    The top-ranked streamer on Racoon Live Streaming was Chen Meng. Jiang Qiao watched the live stream of this 37-year-old female streamer.

    Her stream title was ¡°Talk about your mom¡¯s love life, I¡¯ll spend the rest of my life with Fureya.¡±

    The majority of stream titles in the Holy Spirit section were rted to Fureya, the second and third hottest were ¡°Leader of Fureya¡¯s Support Group Here!¡± and ¡°From now on, we are all Fureya¡¯s harem.¡±

    ¡°This is also the result I wanted. All that¡¯s left is to wait for the yers to beat the lord to critical health,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    Jiang Qiao browsed between the two websites, noticing that Fureya¡¯s poprity seemed momentarily higher than the game of Holy Spirit itself.

    At that moment, Jiang Qiao focused on Chen Meng¡¯s live broadcast content¡­

    Chen Meng¡¯s character was a Berserker, currently battling a boss that was an axe-wielding man along with her guild.

    ¡°A murky and evil force,¡± the axe-wielding man swung his axe stained with dark red blood fiercely towards Chen Meng.

    From Jiang Qiao¡¯s understanding of the background of the axe-wielding man, he wasn¡¯t one of Queen Mei¡¯s five knights. He belonged to another organization that had been fragmented into different divine nes along with the apocalypse,

    but he was a very professional man, still remembering his main job even after so many years, which was to hunt down those who had fallen into darkness.

    The concept of those who had fallen into darkness was broad, including vampires, werewolves, those corrupted by chaos, and those who dealt with demons¡ªall were his mandatory targets.

    So as soon as the axe-wielding man stepped onto the battlefield, he identified a target that his main job dictated he must eliminate.

    A warrior who controlled the power of blood.

    Just by confronting her, the axe-wielding man could feel this power¡¯s ferocity. Logically, this warrior should have lost her sanity, but the opponent seemed to indeed have gone mad, as the axe-wielding man could always hear her saying some weird things during the battle.

    ¡°Thanks to Qi Xia¡¯er for the airne, and how many times have I said it? I just had a major crash! This BOSS blocked my major crash! What else is there to say?¡±

    Chen Meng was busy quarreling with her fans, but to the axe-wielding man, the Berserker was making some iprehensible statements.

    However, these were irrelevant to the axe-wielding man. His duty was to kill those who had fallen into darkness, whether they were in a rage or had lost their sanity, didn¡¯t concern him.

    Once again, the axe-wielding man raised his long-handled axe and charged at the Berserker yer, but suddenly, several deep-purple fireballs enveloped him.

    Upon hitting the axe-wielding man, these purple mes also clung to him, making him feel the agony of his soul being scorched.

    This is!

    The axe-wielding man suddenly looked up at the figure that appeared behind the Berserker¡­ It was another knight wielding a katana.

    But behind this Holy Spirit, there was a deep purple phantom, which gave off a very ominous and evil power to the axe-wielding man.

    This was far more evil than the violent Blood Qi Power on the Berserker¡­

    Power of the Ghost God.

    For some reason, this strange phrase emerged in the axe-wielding man¡¯s mind. He sensed that the phantom behind the Holy Spirit knight was not just a simple effect of Magic Power, but rather the manifestation of some malevolent existence.

    He changed his target, leaping up from the ground, he raised his long-handled axe and swung it down at the Ghost God Power-wielding knight yer.

    But his giant axe missed! His axe passed through the enemy and struck the ground. When the axe-wielding man came to his senses, a deep blue magic formation had appeared on the ground.

    In the center of the magic formation, an evil ghost god phantom appeared, followed by the emergence of a green and purple Ghost God Formation right below the axe-wielding man¡¯s feet.

    This guy wasn¡¯t just wielding one Power of Ghost God! The axe-wielding man was slightly astonished for a moment, but he still managed to escape the erosion of the Ghost God Formation and caught up with the spirit.

    ¡°President? Focus attack on Lion Heart Knight? Didn¡¯t we agree on targeting the axe-wielding man at the start?¡±

    The yer, whose ID was named ¡®Arm Breaker,¡¯ notified his guild¡¯s president, Can Xin, via voice chat.

    The profession of Ghost Cry is a Swordsman¡¯s job change, considered a hard one to convert to¡­ The prerequisite for this job change is to firstplete a hidden mission called ¡®Ghost God¡¯s Approval.¡¯

    The characteristic of this profession is the ability to drive various powers of ghost gods and to release various formations that weaken enemy attributes, somewhat like a Swordsman who can cast curse magic.

    ¡°President? Do you guys have an organization?¡±

    The axe-wielding man caught up with Arm Breaker, and after overhearing his voice chat, realized that the Swordsman before him, wielding the Power of Ghost God, might not be alone¡ªhe likely had arger organization backing him.

    ¡°We¡¯re from Abyss Temple, do you want to join¡­ Huh? Who asked?¡± Arm Breaker was busymunicating with the president and didn¡¯t hear clearly who asked this, thinking a newbie on the battlefield wanted to join their guild.

    As for the boss, the axe-wielding man, he was directly ignored.

    ¡°Abyss Temple? Power of the abyss!¡± The axe-wielding man heard these words about the abyss and immediately entered a rage, just like Lion Heart Knight.

    His memories of the past were fragmented, but three keywords were enough to trigger the nerves of the axe-wielding man, abyss, chaos, annihtion¡ªthese words represented the three forces that destroyed his original world.

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    The inscription on the axe in the hands of the axe-wielding man lit up, a deep emerald glow emerging on the de in his hand!

    Just as the axe-wielding man was ready to fight a decisive battle with the evil Abyss, Arm Breaker hopped and jumped towards the other side of the battlefield, and before leaving, all the axe-wielding man heard was, ¡°President, have you found it? What are the coordinates, I¡¯ll be right over! Coming!¡±

    ¡°This time I must eradicate those tainted by the abyss!¡± The axe-wielding man could only focus his target on that Berserker yer.

    ¡°Wait a minute! I think I understand what you¡¯re saying, but I¡¯m not from Abyss Temple!¡±

    Shen Meng was actually seriously listening to the axe-wielding man¡¯s muttering, and she figured out the reason why he suddenly entered the second phase¡ªit was because the previous Ghost Cry¡¯s guild was Abyss Temple.

    ¡°You¡¯re not from the abyss?¡± The axe-wielding man was the only one among the six bosses of the War of Divinity who couldmunicate, ¡°then where does your powere from?¡±

    ¡°Job change.¡± Shen Meng nced at therge axe in the axe-wielding man¡¯s hand, feeling as though if she misspoke, the axe would fall and deplete her health points.

    ¡°Job change? Which organization are you affiliated with? Bloodthirsty Association?¡± The axe-wielding man asked again, naming a very famous vampire organization from the past world when it was whole.

    ¡°I am¡­ damn! That Swordsman came up with such a stupid guild name.¡± Shen Meng suddenly couldn¡¯t help but swear out loud.

    ¡°Brother Meng, don¡¯t curse! We all mean well! Ah, what¡¯s there to be shy about!¡± At this time, Mo Dao Swordsman came rushing over with arge group of spirits, just in time to hear Shen Meng and the axe-wielding man¡¯s conversation, ¡°Brother! We are from Shen Meng Matrimonial Committee! Interested?¡±

    The reason why Mo Dao Swordsman was so friendly was¡­ duringbat, the axe-wielding man had been vigorously interacting with yers, and over time, passersby yers began to like this talkative boss.

    ¡°Matrimonial¡­ Committee?¡±

    The axe-wielding manpsed into silence, not quite understanding what exactly this organization was.

    ¡°It¡¯s about marriage! The person beside you is none other than Miss Shen Meng, who makes millions a month. No mistake, it¡¯s Mister Shen Meng! Interested in dating or something? The kind where fans will hack you to death if you break up,¡± Mo Dao Swordsman said warmly.

    Shen Meng listened from the side and didn¡¯t speak; at this moment, the chat in her livestream started to disy what she wanted to say.

    ¡®This boss is probably going to kill the Swordsman.¡¯

    ¡®The host has already decided to spend thetter half of her life with the doll sister, even wants to buy her a seaside house. This boss should give up.¡¯

    ¡®Host, get to know our Mei Queen, doubly gorgeous and definitely better-looking and more capable than the doll sister.¡¯

    ¡°If it was a different time and ce, I might consider it.¡± The axe-wielding man¡¯s face lit up with a smile as he raised his axe and said, ¡°But right now, I only serve Mei Queen, so I have to kill you all.¡±

    ¡°Wait! I also love your Mei Queen!¡±

    Seeing the axe-wielding man raise his axe, Shen Meng immediately felt things were going south, and not one viewer around her stepped up to take a hit for her.

    ¡°You love her?¡±

    The axe-wielding man actually stopped his axe in mid-air, the reason being he couldn¡¯t really feel any malevolence from this group of spirits, despite their bizarre powers including control over blood and the origins of the Power of Ghost God which should be very evil.

    Yet, the axe-wielding man couldn¡¯t sense something called the intention to kill in these spirits.

    So, impulsively, the axe-wielding man asked¡­

    ¡°Would you swear loyalty to Mei Queen?¡± the axe-wielding man asked.

    Listening to the livestream from midair, Jiang Qiao almost burst outughing upon hearing this question from the axe-wielding man.

 Chapter 80 - 79 The answer is only one

    Chapter 80: Chapter 79 The answer is only one

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s worst fear had materialized: the enemy was trying to win over yers!

    To be reasonable¡­ In terms of beauty, the puppet sister and Queen Mei each had their own charm. The puppet sister was a creation carefully crafted by Jiang Qiao, so when yers looked at her, they felt an unreal sense of beauty.

    Queen Mei also possessed an unreal beauty, mainly because the Holy Light effects on her were just too strong. Queen Mei had one advantage¡­ she had a bit of a loli attribute.

    But if one were to trulypare their allure, it would be difficult to dere a clear winner.

    ¡°Jiang¡­ Jiang Qiao!¡±

    Hai Lan, who had been keeping an eye on the Ho Knight, waspletely caught off guard by the axe-wielding man¡¯s shout. When she appeared in the midst of the battlefield, Jiang Qiao even noticed she was holding a chicken drumstick that had been bitten off.

    ...

    ¡°Hurry up and mute that guy!¡± Hai Lan said, almost wanting to roll up her sleeves and silence the axe-wielding man herself.

    It wasn¡¯t really about silencing, but rather making it so that the yers fighting the axe-wielding man couldn¡¯t hear what he was saying.

    ¡°There¡¯s no need,¡± Jiang Qiao grasped Hai Lan¡¯s arm. The fact that the axe-wielding man was suddenly recruiting yers was something Jiang Qiao had anticipated. Actually, it wouldn¡¯t be surprising if the Lion Heart Knight and the Red Knight did something simr.

    In the chaos of the battlefield, anyone with a bit ofbat experience could see¡­ the fighting style of the sprites was utterly undisciplined.

    So, as long as the Five Knights spent enough time with the sprites, they would realize that this group of sprites was not under Hai Lan¡¯smand but were like independent warriors or mercenaries.

    The problem was that the sprites¡¯ faith in Hai Lan was not very firm, and any sensible person would choose to win over the sprites.

    ¡°We can¡¯t avoid this situation, so we might as well y a little trick and use others to achieve our aims,¡± Jiang Qiao took out the Book of System and started editing a brand new quest chain.

    ¡°Use Queen Mei¡¯s knife¡­ to kill their people?¡± Hai Lan still didn¡¯t understand Jiang Qiao¡¯s reasoning. ¡°What exactly should we do? The yers are all nning to join Queen Mei¡¯s faction.¡±

    ¡°Who says joining the enemy¡¯s faction means you can¡¯t kill the enemy¡¯s people? yers are a fundamentally chaotic and evil existence. There¡¯s no conflict betweenpleting the tasks you assign me and killing your people, okay?¡±

    Jiang Qiao continued to create a brand new quest chain.

    If there¡¯s a group of people in the world who truly have no allegiance or position, it¡¯s probably the yers.

    A yer could one day max out their reputation with the demons, collect a bunch of NPC rewards, and then the next day head to the angel faction to take on new missions and ughter the demons¡¯ ranks.

    I don¡¯t just want to do your tasks and collect your rewards; I also want to kill your people.

    Jiang Qiao believed that over eighty percent of the yers in the world would do such things, with the exception of those NPCs who had formed emotional connections with the yers, like the puppet sister.

    Now, for the sprite yers, whoever dared to touch the puppet sister would face their wrath.

    Queen Mei¡¯s poprity wasn¡¯t to that extent, but that didn¡¯t stop yers from epting a hidden quest rted to Queen Mei and then continuing to group up to challenge Queen Mei.

    ¡°It¡¯s finished,¡± Jiang Qiaopleted a hidden quest issued by the axe-wielding man in less than two minutes.

    Jiang Qiao inserted this quest into the yers¡¯ quest chains. As long as a yer talked with the axe-wielding man and mentioned a keyword like ¡®wanting to pledge loyalty to Queen Mei, the hint for this hidden quest would be triggered.

    ¡°Let¡¯s see how the yers react,¡± Jiang Qiao continued to watch the live broadcasts by Chen Meng.

    Now, there are two types of VR game live broadcasts. One uses the mobile camera thates with the Tian Gong toolkit, which helps the streamer shoot in third-person perspective; the third-person perspective includes disys like the health status bar.

    Streamers can manually switch back to first-person perspective. Generally, when wandering the main city and epting quests, streamers use first-person perspective to give their viewers a better sense of immersion.

    Hai Lan was also using first-person perspective, and in the livestream¡¯s frame, she was staring at the axe-wielding man holding an axe in his hand.

    The dessicated face of the axe-wielding man, who had be a corpse, seemed to have a stern expression that said, ¡°Swear loyalty, or say goodbye to your health bar.¡±

    Fortunately, the passersby yers around were still attacking the axe-wielding man with various skills. Annoyed by the beating, the axe-wielding man spared Hai Lan and her group for a moment and turned his axe with a leaping chop towards a battle mage poking at him with a spear.

    The battle mage, wearing a snowman head, was instantly killed by the axe-wielding man¡¯s leaping chop. Afterpleting the chop, a deep green light emitted from the axe again, and with another swing of his axe, the axe-wielding man released a moonlight-like energy wave that swept towards several riflemen yers in the distance.

    ¡°What is your decision?¡± The axe-wielding man returned to the front of Hai Lan¡¯s group.

    Hai Lan didn¡¯t leave him¡­ because she was busy reading a quest description that had just popped up.

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    ¡°A hidden mission can be triggered just like that? I¡¯m telling you, this game really isn¡¯t just ordinarily interesting.¡±

    Hai Lan had been a streamer for quite some time, and this was the first time she encountered a quest triggered by conversing with a boss inside an instance, and moreover, it was a quest to join the boss¡¯s faction.

    ¡®Hidden Mission: For Queen Mei, Mission Description: You have encountered an axe-wielding warrior corpse, Lama, who still possesses his own sanity. He invites you to join Queen Mei¡¯s faction, to fight for the queen and hunt down the source of the Corpse Curse.¡¯

    Hai Lan didn¡¯t find anything odd with the storyline of the quest; in games, stories and quests are generally derived from mission descriptions and various records in books, and yers had long been ustomed to this.

    That is, the storyline exined in a quest was definitely true, without a sliver of doubt.

    The reward for this hidden mission was thirty Corpse Medals, which was quite amon reward obtainable by killing some zombie soldiers on the Divine Battlefield.

    ¡°What do you guys think?¡± Hai Lan was nning to ept this hidden mission, but as a streamer, she had the instinct to interact with her viewers before epting it.

    ¡®If the streamer doesn¡¯t ept, unfollow.¡¯

    ¡®Definitely take both the puppet girl and Queen Mei!¡¯

    ¡®Take both +1.¡¯

    Hai Lan shared the same sentiment; although she was a female yer, the character of the puppet girl was really capable of warping the sexual orientations of most female yers, and Queen Mei took it a step further, making Hai Lan feel like wanting to be the BOSS¡¯s mother.

    Here, ¡®mother¡¯ holds no special meaning; if the puppet girl was considered a wife, then Queen Mei could be taken and raised as a daughter.

    So faced with this hidden mission, Hai Lan naturally pressed the button to agree.

    ¡°I am willing to swear loyalty to Queen Mei,¡± Hai Lan said to the axe-wielding man verbally after she epted the hidden mission.

    ¡°You actually agreed? Though your blood is tainted, in such a battle, having a friend is always better than having an enemy.¡± The axe-wielding man suppressed his urge to hunt the evil spirits and said to Hai Lan, ¡°Prove your loyalty by killing those who invade the royal city!¡±

    The invaders the axe-wielding man spoke of were the other yers, but Jiang Qiao would never issue a mission that encourages yers to ughter each other at such a critical juncture.

    So Jiang Qiao threw out a scapegoat tactic.

    After Hai Lan epted this hidden mission, the objective became ¡®Go to the Mage Tower to investigate the truth behind the betrayal of the red Knight.¡¯

 Chapter 81 - 80 Collective Mutiny

    Chapter 81: Chapter 80 Collective Mutiny

    The axe-wielding man had been fighting continuously on the battlefield for almost thirty hours, and a total of seven hundred and thirty-two spirits had died under his axe.

    He distinctly remembered each spirit he had killed and the number of times he had killed them again after their resurrection.

    This was the basic professional ethic of being an axe-wielding man; if his memory wasn¡¯t somewhat fragmented, he would have remembered everyone he had killed since he started working, including the state they were in just before their deaths¡ªthe axe-wielding man would remember it all firmly.

    And now, the number of spirits he had hunted had be seven hundred and thirty-three!

    The axe-wielding man took out an alchemy firearm from his robe, loaded with mercury bullets, and aimed at a Wandering Gunman yer in the distance who had just fired a headshot skill; the axe-wielding man also pulled his trigger and fired the mercury bullet.

    The bullet shot from the alchemy firearm scattered into more than thirty fragments, one of which collided with the bullet fired by the Wandering Gunman, sparking in mid-air, while the rest of the fragments struck the Wandering Gunman yer squarely.

    ...

    The shards of the mercury bullet did not cause much damage to the yer, but they caused his body to stiffen briefly.

    This brief stiffness was deadly; the axe-wielding man wielded his axe in that moment, cleaving the Wandering Gunman yer in two.

    The axe-wielding man knew that killing these spirits would leave no blood; they would simply turn into a tombstone after their death, and the Wandering Gunman turned into a tombstone depicting a golden seal surfing.

    ¡°¡­¡± The axe-wielding man swore that even if he died, he would never have his tombstone shaped like a seal, let alone have it gilded.

    But this group of spirits held absolutely no reverence for death, because they simply did not die.

    The axe-wielding man had realized this point during the long thirty hours of battle; no matter how he killed the spirits, they would resurrect.

    If it weren¡¯t for the fact that he could extract energy from each killed spirit, the axe-wielding man might already be thinking about causing trouble in the neighboring ne.

    But the axe-wielding man chose to battle these spirits on the battlefield instead of running to the Tower of Trial ne to kill those natives.

    Because the energy they drew from the spirits came from the Sea Blue Goddess, whose power could help them repair this shattered world. They could also ¡°swallow¡± the looted items at the Tower of Trial, but it would take a long time to digest them.

    When the axe-wielding man targeted another spirit, he suddenly yelled out¡­

    ¡°Wait a second! I¡¯m here to pledge allegiance to Queen Mei!¡± the spirit shouted.

    The axe-wielding man immediately stopped his axe and casually sted away a battling Mage beside him, who was poking him with a spear.

    ¡°Are you here to pledge allegiance too?¡± the axe-wielding man sized up the spirit, a robust clergyman.

    The axe-wielding man detested the corrupted, but he still held a high regard for such clergymen; one of his battlefield rules was not to kill medics, either male or female.

    However, if these clergymen dared to attack the axe-wielding man, he would let them go just like he had previously with the Berserker, and then turn around to raise his ughtering axe against these fellows.

    This clergyman, called Meaty Shield, had also been killed by the axe-wielding man once before, and the axe-wielding man thought he woulde back full of hatred seeking revenge.

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    But why suddenly proim allegiance to Queen Mei?

    But this medic wasn¡¯t the first spirit to spontaneously seek out the axe-wielding man to pledge allegiance to Queen Mei. Ever since he had recruited that Berserker and the other spirits under hismand a few hours earlier, a spirit would pop up every few minutes to swear allegiance to Queen Mei.

    However, the axe-wielding man was currently being attacked by yers from several guilds, leaving him little time to stand still and chat with the medic. After being hit by several ranged skills, he raised his axe and chopped at the other nearby yers.

    ¡°Fellows nearby! Can you wait until I¡¯ve finished epting the hidden quest before fighting!¡±

    Just as the medic popped open the window for the hidden quest, the axe-wielding man ran away and the window disappeared, forcing the medic to chase after the nimble figure of the axe-wielding man.

    ¡°What hidden quest?¡± a Marksman with a Lego toy brick head asked Meaty Shield.

    ¡°Pledging allegiance to Queen Mei! Brother, check out the forum. Someone has already posted about this quest! It¡¯s rted to boosting favorability with Queen Mei.¡± Meaty Shield hurried after the axe-wielding man after speaking.

    ¡°Polishing up Mei¡¯s favorability? Chairman! Big news!¡±

    The Wandering Gunman came from the Night Rush Guild, which was currently ranked eighth among the holy spirit guilds. They and another guild, the Gray Eyes Association, were responsible for dealing with the axe-wielding man.

    The guild members were so focused on shing with the axe-wielding man that they didn¡¯t notice any hidden missions he might have had.

    ¡°I just found out about this too. Should our two guilds cease fire and take on the hidden mission first?¡± The chairman of Night Rush, a Hunter yer known as Moonlight Wheel, discussed this briefly in the voice channel with the chairman of the Gray Eyes Association and quickly made a decision.

    So¡­

    ¡°Hold on!¡±

    Just when the axe-wielding man was about to bring down his axe on the Night Rush chairman, Moonlight Wheel called out.

    ¡°What? You want to pledge loyalty to Queen Mei too?¡± The axe-wielding man actually stopped his axe to ask.

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    ¡°¡­¡±

    The axe-wielding man couldn¡¯t understand what was going on with these spirits. Just moments ago, they were bombarding him with skills while he chased them with his axe, and he had killed quite a few spirits at least two to three times.

    To outsiders, it looked like a blood feud that would not end until death, but how did it turn from unending hatred to a sudden decision to switch allegiance?

    Mystifying¡­

    What baffled the axe-wielding man even more was that starting with Moonlight Wheel, the yers from Night Rush actually stopped their attacks upon seeing the axe-wielding man and decided to gather around and take on the hidden mission first.

    For a moment, a brief ceasefire and negotiation period appeared on what had been a brutal battlefield.

    ¡°You all want to pledge your loyalty to Queen Mei?¡± The axe-wielding man eyed the yers gathering around him, thinking about using his magic power to explode and turn this bunch into tombstones.

    ¡°Line up! Line up! Even switching sides needs some order!¡±

    ¡°Line up, my ass! Aren¡¯t you afraid of being in by some zombie soldiers that pop out from somewhere? This boss might suddenly start killing people too! Hey, is there still time to join Queen Mei¡¯s personal guard now?¡±

    ¡°¡­¡±

    With his axe in hand, the axe-wielding man watched as more and more yers gathered around him. Logically, he should have swung his axe and chopped down these spirits, but the first thing these yers said when they faced the axe-wielding man was¡­

    ¡°I am here to pledge my loyalty to Queen Mei!¡±

    ¡°Axe-wielding man! I¡¯ve decided to stop being a chosen one of the Sea Blue Goddess!¡±

    The loyalty of these spirits to the Sea Blue Goddess was a bit too low, wasn¡¯t it? In the past, when the axe-wielding man still worshipped the Sea Blue Goddess, just uttering the sphemous words ¡°I betray the Sea Blue Goddess¡± would have led to execution!

    ¡°Want to pledge loyalty? Fine! But you must prove your loyalty!¡± the axe-wielding man shouted loudly. If these spirits really could join Queen Mei¡¯s faction, it would indeed be a huge help.

    But most of them just came by to shout their loyalty and then snuck off to do whatever they were doing, and some even came specifically to tease the axe-wielding man.

    ¡°Bro! I heard that joining Queen Mei¡¯s faction gets you a photo album of the queen, is that true?¡±

    Photo album? What¡¯s that?

    The axe-wielding man had inquired what these spirits were fighting for, and most of them answered with things like equipment and medals, which seemed like fairly normal pursuits.

    But a photo album? Is that the name of a magic book?

 Chapter 82 - 81: The Instance Lordâ€™s Dormitory

    Chapter 82: Chapter 81: The Instance Lord¡¯s Dormitory

    A photo collection is just a photo collection, after all¡­

    Jiang Qiao floated above the battlefield, looking at the various posts popping up on the forum.

    In the Holy Spirit section, someone had uploaded the trigger conditions for a hidden quest rted to the axe-wielding man, which was simply to swear allegiance to Queen Mei, and one could trigger this hidden quest for the sake of Queen Mei.

    This post initially didn¡¯t get much attention and sank to the bottom of the forum in less than three minutes. Feeling sorry for the person who posted it, Jiang Qiao gave it a bump and added a screenshot rted to the hidden quest ¡°For the Sake of Queen Mei.¡±

    Once the screenshot was uploaded, it immediately shut up those forum yers who said ¡°pics or it didn¡¯t happen¡±, and the number of replies to the post began to steadily increase. Gradually, new posts rted to this hidden quest started appearing on the forum as well.

    yers¡¯ ability to gather information was far superior to that of the NPCs on the battlefield.

    ...

    As one of the most popr streamers on Roon Live, Shen Meng was the first to trigger a hidden quest, which quickly spread across the entire.

    And so, in less than an hour, Jiang Qiao looked down at the battlefield overseen by the axe-wielding man, which was¡­ calm and peaceful.

    yers lined up in long queues to swear allegiance to Queen Mei to the axe-wielding man. After receiving the hidden quest, some chose to stay and continue to challenge the axe-wielding man, while others ran towards the royal castle to start causing trouble for the Red Knights.

    The chaotic situation on the battlefield continued, with the Holy Spirit side holding a slight advantage, and soldiers from the Dark me Country and the Flowing Water Country guarding the time-space rift.

    Although they were still suffering ¡®heavy casualties¡¯ against the undead soldiers, the undead army still couldn¡¯t break through the time-space rift under the sniper fire from the Holy Spirit side.

    At this time, Jiang Qiao received a piece of, not so good, news from Hai Lan.

    There were signs that the Wasp Knight was waking up.

    ¡°You keep an eye on the battlefield, I¡¯ll go give the Wasp Knight some psychological counseling.¡±

    Jiang Qiao pulled Hai Lan up to the battlefield to monitor the War God ss battle so that if the bosses in the battle did anything out of line like the axe-wielding man enlisting yers, Hai Lan could immediately inform Jiang Qiao.

    As for Jiang Qiao, he withdrew his consciousness from the probe and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself at the top of the Astral Tower in Lionheart City.

    Jiang Qiao took out the book of the system to summon a portal, which led to the only hidden map in the Holy Spirit World¡­ ¡°Instance Lords¡¯ Dormitory¡±.

    On the other side of the portal was a garden, at the end of which stood a high-rise with the Holy Spirit style architecture, looking somewhat like a university dormitory, albeit an antique version.

    This collective dormitory could be upgraded into a luxury vi in the future, as long as the bosses worked hard. Jiang Qiao could even satisfy them if they wanted to build a sea in their living area, let alone a luxury vi.

    The condition is¡­ to work hard and earn enough money to buy a seaside vi.

    The room where the Wasp Knight was located was Room 001. She was the first boss to move into the instance leader¡¯s dormitory.

    However, Jiang Qiao believed that once she woke up, she would definitely try every possible means to escape this damn ce. Now, what Jiang Qiao needed to do was provide some psychological counseling for the Wasp Knight and help her adapt to a modern living environment.

    ¡°This ce is way nicer than where I live.¡±

    Jiang Qiao entered the room and looked around. The room was well-lit, equipped with modern furniture, and the size of the three-bedroom, one-living-room t was about 120 square meters.

    Such decoration and size would cost upwards of two million even in the third ring of Jiang City.

    And the Wasp Knight was lucky enough to wake up from a bed worth two million.

    Jiang Qiao pushed open the door and walked into the bedroom where the Wasp Knight was resting. The knight was no longer visible, but the next instant, Jiang Qiao felt the cold edge of a dagger against his neck.

    ¡°Who are you? What is this ce?¡± The Wasp Knight¡¯s figure appeared behind Jiang Qiao. Her weapons were all confiscated by Hai Lan, but this didn¡¯t prevent this top assassin from taking down some¡­ unguarded individuals.

    ¡°I guess I¡¯m thendlord here, and this is where you¡¯ll be living from now on,¡± said Jiang Qiao with a smile.

    The Ho Knight was not satisfied with Jiang Qiao¡¯s answer. She waved the small knife in her hand, aiming to stab Jiang Qiao, but she found that no matter how much she tried, the de would not prate Jiang Qiao¡¯s neck.

    ¡°I know your level is very high, but the equipment you hold won¡¯t benefit from your level and attribute bonuses,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    The dagger that the Ho Knight held to Jiang Qiao¡¯s neck was a kitchen knife, a whiteboard weapon that could be equipped from level one, with an attack power of 5¨C10.

    To know, the weapon the Ho Knight previously wielded was the legendary Piercing Chain de, which could ignore fifty percent of a yer¡¯s armor and also had lethal and poisonous bleeding effects.

    No matter how much the Ho Knight stabbed, the numbers that popped above Jiang Qiao¡¯s head were always 0. She wanted to kill Jiang Qiao with this kitchen knife, but punching him to death would be more practical.

    However, the Ho Knight simply didn¡¯t have the strength for such a thing¡­ Her stomach let out a ¡®gurgle¡¯ sound at this moment.

    At this instant, the Ho Knight entered a state of stupor, feeling a familiar sensation for the first time in hundreds of years¡ªhunger.

    This was the moment for Jiang Qiao to use the Qiao family¡¯s secretly passed down technique.

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you sit down and eat something first? Your body just recovered from the zombie-like state, and you¡¯re disconnected from Queen Mei¡¯s energy supply. If you don¡¯t eat something soon, you will die,¡± Jiang Qiao said.

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    The zombies in the Divine Fragment War ne could maintain their actions solely on the power of the Divine Fragment of Hai Lan that Queen Mei possessed; the Ho Knight was no longer under Queen Mei¡¯s protection.

    ¡°Get me out of here, now!¡± The Ho Knight, hearing Jiang Qiao bring up Queen Mei, flew into a rage.

    After realizing she couldn¡¯t hurt Jiang Qiao with the kitchen knife, she tried to strangle Jiang Qiao with her arm, attempting to suffocate him.

    But suddenly, a cloud of smoke appeared, and when the Ho Knight regained her senses, Jiang Qiao had vanished, leaving only a straw man in a provocative pose in her grip.

    Substitute Grass Man.

    A life-saving skill that most magic sses have, with effects simr to the Substitute Technique.

    ¡°If I were you, I¡¯d take down the enemy after having a good meal.¡±

    Jiang Qiao¡¯s figure had already appeared behind the living room coffee table, and at that moment, the Fire Spirit and Water Spirit were setting down a te of sweet and sour pork ribs and a te of salt-and-pepper chicken legs on the table, along with many other appetizing dishes.

    These were all transported by Jiang Qiao from the real world. The Holy Spirit World could simte anything, except that when yers ate, there was no taste, though yers with the culinary profession could still make vorful food.

    The Ho Knight had vanished at the bedroom door; she jumped out through the open window and ran into the outside garden.

    Perhaps the Ho Knight thought she could leave this dreadful ce by escaping the room, but the problem was¡­ there were boundaries to this map.

    ¡®Ho Knight fell out of the map boundary.¡¯

    Jiang Qiao quickly received this notification, and the next second, the Ho Knight was teleported back inside the bedroom.

    ¡°Aren¡¯t you tired?¡±

    Jiang Qiao held a bowl of rice, helping himself to a piece of salt-and-pepper chicken leg.

    ¡°Let me out!¡± The Ho Knight¡¯s eyes behind the mask had be terrifyingly fierce, and she approached the table, seemingly ready to flip it.

    ¡°Do you want to know about Knight of the Wolf¡¯s situation? And the reason why he turned out this way?¡± Jiang Qiao said.

    This sentence made the Ho Knight¡¯s hand on the edge of the table extremely stiff. Then her stomach let out another gurgle, and the aroma of the food on the table caused her mouth to secrete a liquid¡­ a liquid she hadn¡¯t experienced in hundreds of years.

    ¡°Sit down, let¡¯s talk while eating,¡± Jiang Qiao said, pointing to the chair next to the Ho Knight.

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