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ICO 311-333

Chapter 311: Misaka Mikoto Wants to Save Misaka Sisters

Misaka Mikoto was completely confused.

She was just a freshman. Although she had level 5 Esper abilities and extremely high computing power, her knowledge and experience were insufficient to handle such matters.

At this moment, she thought of Accelerator.

She didn’t know Accelerator's address, but that didn't matter. The numerous cameras in Academy City allowed her to quickly locate where Accelerator’s home was.

Based on the data from today’s meeting place, she found Accelerator’s house.

She hadn’t slept all night. She wanted to destroy those research institutions, but when she was preparing to act, she thought of Accelerator. As No. 1, if he had a better plan, it would definitely be superior to her reckless actions. With this in mind, she went to Accelerator's house at five in the morning.

As soon as she arrived at the building, she saw a young man with a hedgehog-like head coming out.

Kamijou Touma had classes in the morning, and Accelerator’s house was somewhat far from where he had to go. He also needed to go home to pack, so he left early. As he walked out, he saw a brown-haired schoolgirl.

"Excuse me, do you know where Accelerator’s room is?"

"Accelerator?"

Kamijou Touma scratched his head. "I don’t know. What does he look like?"

"White hair, striped shirt, jeans, red eyes, and he speaks a bit hoarsely."

"Oh, oh, oh! You mean the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex, right? That’s the room."

"?"

Misaka Mikoto was full of doubts. She looked up and saw Accelerator through the window. But Kamijou Touma waved his hand casually. "Goodbye, Tyrannosaurus Rex!"

A strange scene occurred.

Accelerator actually waved back casually.

"?"

Misaka Mikoto felt that she had been more shocked in the past six months than in the previous year, but there was no time to think further. She went straight to Accelerator’s room.

Entering the tidy yet slightly spicy room, Misaka Mikoto couldn’t help coughing.

Before she could speak, Accelerator lay down on the sofa. "There’s still an hour. At six o’clock, I’ll take you to see the truth of this world."

Accelerator felt very pleased. In his view, bringing Kamijou Touma had been the right choice. He liked hot pot but hated cleaning, and Kamijou Touma made a perfect "nanny." He should invite him to eat hot pot next time.

Hearing this, Misaka Mikoto opened her mouth to say something but ended up swallowing her words.

At six o'clock, when Accelerator received the notice about the opening of the Internet cafe, he didn’t think much of it and directly pulled Misaka Mikoto to the Internet cafe.

"Boss, the guest is here."

Liu Yuan at the front desk gave an "OK" gesture, and Hitomi came directly to Misaka Mikoto to begin introducing the Internet cafe.

Just a second ago, Misaka Mikoto was nervous, but the sudden introduction left her a bit confused.

"No, no, no, I’m not here to play games. I have things to do," Misaka Mikoto stuttered. She didn’t know how to explain, because it all sounded too fantastic.

Liu Yuan asked, "Is it an experiment on an absolute ability user, right?"

Liu Yuan had received a message from Accelerator and didn’t know how to comment on this experiment.

To use Elden Ring’s analogy, it's like, if you kill 20,000 Albanaurics, you can kill Malenia once.

What a joke! Killing 20,000 Albanaurics would just make Malenia recover more HP!

"You know that too?"

"Oh! Someone mentioned it, but those are minor issues. Let me guess—are you trying to save your experimental clone? Do you want to terminate the plan? And at the same time, do you feel powerless against the darkness of Academy City?"

"Hmm..."

Misaka Mikoto nodded, and Liu Yuan said slowly, "This is a very normal situation. It’s normal that you haven’t seen these things under the protection of your parents. In fact, this situation is very simple to resolve."

"How do we do that?"

"If you’re not strong enough, then develop your power until you have enough strength to confront them. But this takes time."

"What about the other option?"

Liu Yuan pulled out a table and laid various items on it.

"For example, these are the opposing various forces, and you are just this."

Liu Yuan placed a chess piece on the table.

How powerless a small chess piece was when faced with a water cup, books, or even bricks. A brick could easily smash the chess piece into pieces.

Misaka Mikoto understood. She was just a chess piece in the eyes of everyone in Academy City.

At this moment, Liu Yuan suddenly overturned the table, causing everything to fall to the ground. The water cup shattered, the book tore, and the brick broke.

"Do you understand?"

Misaka Mikoto shook her head, and Liu Yuan smiled. "It’s simple. They treat you as a chess piece, so you just overturn the table. Whoever treats you like a chess piece, you beat them. Powerless? That just means you’re not strong enough. You’re an electromagnetic user. This ability isn’t invincible, but it can still help you overturn the table. And more importantly, it can give you great power."

"What should I do?"

Liu Yuan made a pinching gesture with his fingers. "Don’t tell me. I have a game and a corresponding character here that is perfect for you. You’ll learn from them. They can teach you powerful abilities, powerful enough for you to overturn the table. So powerful that no one will dare harm you. Then you can develop your power or join some forces. Personal power will only make others afraid. But when you’re not around, they’ll do as they please. If your power is strong enough, though, they’ll have to think twice."

"I understand..."

"But customizing characters requires extra money?"

"How much?"

Liu Yuan said slowly, "Twenty million."

This sentence shocked Kisara standing nearby. "What kind of character customization is this? Are they that powerful?"

"You wouldn’t understand, even if I told you."

Liu Yuan explained that twenty million yen was the price of one million Internet cafe credits. One million was the highest combat power the system could customize. From a purely combat perspective, it was the strongest level below that of the World Lord.

"One million covers the copyright fee and production costs, including the ability, settings, and appearance for creating a virtual character to fight players or train them."

Of course, once it's done, other players can use it too. It doesn’t cost extra to use it.

But if there's no need to, Liu Yuan doesn’t want to spend more money. However, if Misaka Mikoto is willing to pay, he’ll put someone with 'the same ability' as her into the game.

"Okay! As long as we can save her and terminate the plan."

Misaka Mikoto didn’t hesitate at all. Between twenty million yen and ending the project, she decisively chose to end the plan. If nothing else, it was for the lives that had been created because of her. She wanted to stop the plan from continuing and, at the same time, save her "sister" who was set to die.

For her, there was no time to hesitate when it came to matters of life.

She couldn’t come up with the money herself, but if she talked to her parents…

It didn’t matter if they refused. As an esper, she was confident she could obtain that much money, even if… it was illegal.

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Chapter 312: Magnetic Field Rotation Misaka Mikoto Limited Edition

Looking at such a decisive girl, Liu Yuan couldn’t help but admire her.

"Don't worry. You can slowly pay back the money over the next 20 years, but there will be interest!"

"No problem."

At this moment, Misaka Mikoto breathed a sigh of relief. This was a huge sum of money for her, and she might even have to sell herself to get it. But with a 20-year deadline, she felt much more at ease.

"Come on! Get on the computer, Mugen, help her open Mugen."

"Understood~"

At the same time, a new character was added to the Internet cafe's Mugen.

In the second branch, Baki, who was watching a fight between Son Goku and Garou, suddenly noticed a new character available for challenge in Mugen, with levels ranging from high to low.

This character was called Shiro Junlang, and his muscles appears be full of power. However, unlike Misaka Mikoto’s custom model, others could only use the challenge model.

The challenge model involved battling Shiro Junlang with corresponding abilities, starting from the weakest level and moving up to the strongest.

But Misaka Mikoto's customization was different. This was designed to help her improve her abilities.

Misaka Mikoto was next in line, and Kisara whispered to Liu Yuan, "Boss, is your character strong?"

"I don't know if he's strong or not, but he's suitable for Misaka Mikoto."

Hitomi answered seriously, "Magnetic Field Rotation is an incredibly powerful force. Though it might sound absurd, once you reach 100,000 horsepower, it can withstand nuclear bomb-level impacts. Misaka Mikoto can easily master the current push technique. Her limit is probably around 500,000 horsepower of magnetic field rotation, but with my help... boss, she'll definitely reach 1 million horsepower!"

Hitomi hurriedly corrected herself, and Kisara asked curiously, "Hey, how do you know so much?"

"I... I've seen similar settings."

"Oh! That makes sense."

Liu Yuan and Kisara exchanged a knowing glance and smiled at the same time. Meanwhile, Hitomi patted her chest, pleased with her quick thinking.

Misaka Mikoto entered the game. She didn’t understand how the game could grant her power until she chose Shiro Junlang, a muscular man with black hair and black eyes. Standing before him, Misaka Mikoto couldn’t help but feel her own weakness.

But when she remembered the money she had spent, she steeled herself.

"I want to learn from you!"

She recalled what Kisara had said: although it was a game, everything she learned could be applied in real life. The extent of her learning depended on how much she was willing to invest.

Unlike reality, most games reward players based on what they put in.

"You?"

"Hehe, you don’t even know the basics of Electromaster, and you want to learn from me? First, master Electromaster and defeat your own weakness!"

As she spoke, another Misaka Mikoto appeared before her.

This was a version of Misaka Mikoto created by Mugen, one that copied all of her data. The difference was that this version not only possessed check abilities but also mastered electric current push.

How do you quickly master a combat skill? Of course, it’s through fighting. Fighting for your life speeds up improvement, but this also has clear drawbacks—failure means death.

But there’s no need to worry about dying in the game. No matter how painful or how often you die, it’s all fake. Gamers aren’t afraid of death. Even if a game character only has one life, players can just restart from another save file, and they’re not afraid of dying. As for fighting? They fear nothing.

When Misaka Mikoto became a customer, Izumi Konata opened TT as usual at the main store. After seeing the information about the new member joining the group, she was stunned for a moment before smiling.

She immediately contacted Liu Yuan through TT.

"Dear boss, can I visit the branch where the new customer is?"

"Yes, but don’t be too perverted."

"Okay! Got it! Thank you, boss. By the way, boss, do we have any card games in our Internet cafe?"

"Card games? The computer version is boring, but if you really want to play, I can get a set."

"Okay!"

Liu Yuan was happy to accommodate the customer's request, so when Izumi Konata was about to chat with Misaka Mikoto, he was busy figuring out what to put on the shelf.

Izumi Konata stood up, silently took out a Gekota peripheral from her backpack, and happily made her way to the third branch.

Meanwhile, Misaka Mikoto was questioning her life after being beaten. She could feel that her strength and superpower level in Mugen were exactly the same as in real life. In the end, she was defeated by an explosion?

While she was pondering, Izumi Konata stealthily approached her. Judging from her uniform, the girl appeared to be in middle school.

"Oh~ Such a beautiful schoolgirl~"

"?"

Misaka Mikoto was caught off guard by Izumi Konata’s sudden approach, and Izumi Konata slowly took out the Gekota peripheral.

"Out meeting is fate. This is for you."

"Gekota?"

"Yes!"

"Really... for me?"

The tension and anxiety Misaka Mikoto had carried all day disappeared when she saw 

 Gekota.

"Of course! By the way, do you want to take a photo?"

"Photo?"

If a strange man had asked her, she would have definitely refused. But when she saw the girl in front of her—much shorter than her, but very cute and beautiful, and who had given her a Gekota—Misaka Mikoto’s heart softened.

"Okay!"

Upon hearing her agreement, Izumi Konata pushed up her glasses and playfully leaned in to take a photo.

This was the advantage of being a girl—if you feel even a little affection, you won't be rejected.

After a simple photo, Izumi Konata gave a thumbs-up: "Thank you."

"No! I should be the one thanking you."

"By the way, you look sad. Are you in trouble?"

Misaka Mikoto hesitated to answer. She didn’t want to burden anyone with her issues. But Izumi Konata gave her a thumbs-up.

"This store is magical. It will definitely solve all your problems. My name is Izumi Konata. If you need help, you can find me. I know a few reliable big shots."

Izumi Konata might not be a game genius, but she was an otaku. For her, this Internet cafe was like heaven. With her strong social skills and understanding of various games, she had met a wide range of familiar and unfamiliar netizens.

"Thank you. I feel the same way."

Misaka Mikoto felt more confident. She knew that if she could defeat herself in Mugen, she would grow to an incredible level.

But just then, something suddenly occurred to her, and she hurriedly asked Izumi Konata. "Um, Senpai! I have a question."

"What is it?"

"I have a sister... who isn’t in good health. Is there any way to restore her health here?"

"Yes!"

Izumi Konata said slowly, "You can contact Kaname Madoka through TT. She’s a very kind person and will definitely help you."

"Okay! Thank you!"

"You’re welcome!"

Hearing this suggestion, Misaka Mikoto hesitated for a moment before contacting Kaname Madoka with her hands trembling.

Over time, she had learned about the magical powers of this Internet cafe, and it had deeply impacted her.

Gods? Demons? Life in another world?

Misaka Mikoto didn’t care about that anymore. She decided to contact Kaname Madoka with a try-it attitude.

Meanwhile, in Academy City, the girl who looked almost identical to Misaka Mikoto in front of Shokuhou Misaki received an invitation.

"Excuse me, would you like to sign a contract with me and become a magical girl?"

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Chapter 313: Magical Girl Misaka Sister, Gwent Urban Legend (Plus Change)

Dolly, Misaka Mikoto's clone who already has her own emotions, saw a pink-haired girl. This pink-haired girl was so holy and so cute.

Beside her, nine strange lights were surrounding her.

These nine strange lights were very strong, but they showed a flattering attitude towards this girl.

"I'm sorry, I was entrusted by someone to sign a contract with you child. According to the rules, I can only accept the invitation of the client in other worlds. If you also want to ask me for help, you can ask the little girl named Misaka Misaka to help you."

Law of Cycle caressed the nine lights like a mother, and under the comfort of the pink light, they left.

Then Law of Cycle looked at Dolly again.

"Sign a contract with me and become a magical girl."

"Why... me?"

In just a moment, she understood what a magical girl was. But she didn't understand why it was her. She was just a clone of Misaka Mikoto, a test subject, a person who was about to disappear.

"Why? Because it was your original, Misaka Mikoto's commission. According to the boss's words, I took her money to help her get rid of her problems. I took her money, so I want to help you become a magical girl."

"Yes... Onee-sama? Then I agree."

Along with the words of agreement, Dolly's body emitted a dazzling light. With the appearance of the light, her clothes changed. It was no longer a hospital gown, but a very normal Tokiwadai summer school uniform.

Shokuhou Misaki on the side was stunned, but this was just the beginning. With the appearance of the light, Dolly disappeared.

She appeared next to Madoka of the No. 1 branch.

At this time, Madoka was killed in League and turned into a purple potato ball to command teammates. "Homura! Fuck her."

"Kyoko, go tanky this time, yes! Go tanky, we'll win, I'm super strong."

While giving orders, Madoka felt the presence of someone beside her, so she took off her glasses, smiled gently and looked at Dolly.

"Hello, new magical girl, Dolly. I know you have a lot of questions, but before that, play a happy game of Gwent with us!"

"Huh?"

Dolly didn't understand the situation at all, but she knew that it was the girl in front of her who brought her here, so... just listen to her for now. But at the same time, she was also looking forward to meeting Misaka Mikoto.

On the other side, in branch No. 3, Liu Yuan and Kisara were playing cards passionately.

When time went back to when he promised Quan Kon to play card games, Liu Yuan thought of several card games in his mind. Yu-Gi-Oh, Hearthstone, Three Kingdoms, etc.

However, these games have a disadvantage: they take a long time to play and at the same time difficult to get started. And classic games like poker, which are available in every region, are boring to play.

Besides, buying card games requires extra money, and Liu Yuan doesn't have that much money now.

But soon he remembered one thing—he had The Witcher 3! Although this game can only be played after the whole series, since there is a game, could he spend less money to get the cards in it?

So he contacted the system, and Hitomi had been listening, so she naturally knew Liu Yuan's purpose.

She gave an accurate reply.

"You don't need to pay extra money to use and play the internal entertainment content of the game you already own, but the cards need to be purchased separately by players."

The full set of cards is neither expensive nor cheap, 300 per set. There are a total of 185 types of cards and 263 cards, the same number of cards in the game.

Because this is the embodiment of the existing game content, it is not considered buying the game. The sale of cards is counted as the profit of the Internet café, which made Liu Yuan not think much and directly start promoting it on TT.

"Everyone! An announcement! This store has put the physical card game Gwent on the shelves. It is a super simple and addictive game. If you want to buy it, just go to the front desk. A set of cards costs 300! You won't be cheated or fooled. Believe me, this is the most valuable thing for you."

The boss personally promoted it, and the boss's fans bought it one after another. Not to mention others, at the No. 3 branch, Toyama Kinji and Accelerator each bought a set.

"It seems interesting... but what's the use of this thing?"

The rules of Gwent are not complicated. Accelerator and Toyama Kinji learned it after reading it once.

"It looks interesting. Do you want to try it?"

"It doesn't matter."

So, at the invitation of Toyama Kinji, they started playing Gwent. Gwent is not difficult. In fact, it is about using various cards to make up points or reduce the enemy's points. Whoever has the most points in three games wins.

For customers who are online now, this game... is really good. The overall game difficulty is not high, and it is at a level that children over nine years old can play. At the same time, the cards are not expensive, and the pictures are vivid and have great collection value.

For the guests of the Internet café, the appearance of Gwent is equivalent to opening a small game for them to play when they return to their own world.

In most technological worlds, there is no shortage of games, but for people like Rick, Schwi, and Kumoko, who either live in another world or come from the technological world but live in another world temporarily, this kind of game can kill the boring time in reality.

And because it is very easy to get started, you can play with people with normal IQ in any world.

However, card games can only be regarded as small toys to kill time after returning home. Everyone bought a set, tried two games, played casually, and continued to surf the Internet.

After all, the price of surfing the Internet for a day is enough to buy two games of this game. You can just buy the cards for the card game and play them at home. But now the time online cannot be wasted!

When Misaka Mikoto returned to her own world after a day of surfing the Internet, she showed an incredible expression.

One day of death allowed her to master some of the Electromagnetism. She was not bragging, she felt that she could beat her former self now.

"These... are actually true."

"It's true."

"By the way... Accelerator, can you... help me find my Sister Dolly?"

According to Kaname Madoka, her sister has been rescued, but she wants to see her "sister" in person.

"Huh? I don't owe you anything." Accelerator took out a deck of Gwent cards and said slowly, "But if you just play a game of Gwent with me, I will help you."

And on this day, there was another urban legend in Academy City.

Mysterious card player: when you are in danger or encounter difficulties, a mysterious card player will appear to invite you to play cards. Accept the invitation to play cards, and the mysterious card player will help you solve any problem.

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Chapter 314: One Party Passes: "Don't Go, Come Play Cards"

The dark side of Academy City has begun to descend into chaos. Under the interference of unknown forces, all cloning experiments have resulted in failure. Cloning organs can be done, but when attempting to clone humans, the final outcome is always a failure.

However, the strange thing is that the cloned lives have not been affected for the time being. At this stage, these cloned lives have become extremely precious test subjects in Academy City.

This includes Dolly. After signing a contract with God Madoka and returning from the Internet cafe, Dolly wanted to escape with Shokuhou Misaki. But just as they were about to flee, they were surrounded.

However, Dolly was no longer the weak experimental subject she had once been—she was now a magical girl.

After instantly transforming, her clothes changed into the standard Tokiwadai student uniform, and Dolly unleashed explosive power comparable to the level of a Lv5 Railgun.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Accelerator was playing Gwent with Misaka Mikoto at his home.

This was the second round. Seeing that her points had finally surpassed Accelerator by ten points, Misaka Mikoto breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I won."

"I am No.1! I’ll definitely keep my promise."

When he returned, Accelerator had made a promise to help her in a game of Gwent, regardless of the outcome. Misaka Mikoto had won, and he was still unconvinced, so he decided to voice his displeasure.

At the research institute, Dolly had successfully led Shokuhou Misaki out of the siege. However, with their actions, the Darkside of the Academy City gradually joined the effort to capture Dolly.

This order came directly from the general chairman. They didn’t know what had happened, but when Dolly disappeared and reappeared, they received a notice from several influential individuals whom they couldn’t afford to offend.

They were heading to Academy City, and the remaining few were also on their way, though they needed to limit their strength for some special reasons.

These individuals specifically requested Dolly. Although the general chairman had an angel by his side, compared to these powerful figures, he was far too weak.

If it were just one or two of them, he could handle it, but with nine of them together? What could he do? He could only give in.

So he directly ordered the Dark Matter and Meltdowner to capture Dolly, ensuring that she couldn’t escape.

In the dark passage, the alarm at the laboratory went off, and countless people were preparing to intercept Dolly and Shokuhou Misaki. However, they were easily blocked by Iron Sand and Mind Control.

"Shokuhou, we’re almost free."

Dolly panted. Signing the contract had only made her body normal, but since she hadn’t done strenuous exercise for a long time, even though her body had undergone some transformation, she was still tired and panting.

But it didn’t matter—because they were about to escape. Once they were out, those people wouldn’t dare act so recklessly. And Dolly looked like Misaka Mikoto, so no one would dare to attack Misaka Mikoto in public, as her parents were influential too. Clones could be treated carelessly, but no one would dare mess with the original bodies.

However, just as they ran out, Shokuhou Misaki’s heart sank.

Blocking the door were a man and a woman, and behind them were a few others watching from behind.

As they saw the two of them emerge, Mugino Shizuri spoke directly.

"Haha, I didn’t expect to cooperate with you."

"Direct orders from above can’t be refused. The golden hair is left to you."

"Don’t order me!"

Mugino and Kakine Teikoku began to fight.

Dolly had become a magical girl, but due to the limitations of this world and her body, her strength was probably at the normal level of Misaka Mikoto.

With her Lv5 power, she could fight one Lv5, but two at once...

Dolly was nervous, but at that moment, an arrogant voice interrupted.

"Are you going to fight? Did you ask me?"

Hands in his pockets, Accelerator walked forward slowly.

Kakine Teikoku looked at Accelerator with a bit of disdain. He wanted to challenge Accelerator, but just as he was about to take action, he felt fear.

White feathers wrapped around Kakine Teikoku's body. He knew that if he moved now, he would die.

Instant kill, absolutely instant kill.

"This power!!!"

Kakine Teikoku was shocked. He had always thought there wasn’t much difference between him and Accelerator, but now he knew he had lost.

In fact, Accelerator didn’t understand why his feathers which had originally been white, had become mostly white in recent days. He had always thought the black feathers looked cool, but since they were all white now, he decided to stick with it.

Unlike Kakine Teikoku, Mugino was very self-aware. She knew her superpower were useless against Accelerator.

Without thinking much, she gave orders to her subordinates: "Let’s go."

"Wait, did I let you go?"

"What are you going to do?"

Mugino glared at Accelerator. Though she was irritable, she wasn’t stupid. She knew which provocations were safe and which weren’t. Just look at Kakine Teikoku, who didn’t even dare to move now.

At that moment, her subordinate Frenda’s eyes sparkled. "Is this Accelerator? So handsome..."

Accelerator pretended not to hear the compliment. He calmly took two sets of cards from his pocket and pointed them at Frenda. "You."

"Eh! Don’t kill me!"

"Come here."

Frenda regretted speaking up earlier and asked nervously, "Please, what can I do?"

"Play cards with me, you two..."

Accelerator looked at Dolly and Shokuhou Misaki, sneering. "You two are trash. You’re not worthy of playing cards with me. Get out."

Dolly blinked. Shokuhou Misaki blinked too. The two exchanged glances, then held hands and ran off.

Watching the prey escape, Kakine Teikoku’s subordinates tried to pursue them, but they too were tangled in the white feathers. However, what Accelerator might not have noticed was that when he let them go, the pink power from Dolly flew into his body. The white wings that had appeared because of his superpowers now had a slight pink tint.

But Accelerator wasn’t paying attention to this. He calmly put the cards back in his pocket and took out two boxes of Gwent.

"Come play a game of Gwent with me. I’ll let you go, whether you win or lose."

"Okay!"

Frenda knew she had no chance of refusing. She could only play cards with Accelerator.

Whether it was the effect of adrenaline or Frenda’s natural talent in this area, she learned the rules just by reading them once and started playing cards with Accelerator.

Running? They didn’t dare. Accelerator’s power was too strong. They couldn’t beat him at all.

If the Mimic Tear had heard this, it would definitely be laughing its head off.

Accelerator was the easiest player it had ever bullied. His own power was very strong but not fully developed. Unless he completed his absolute power evolution while fighting the Mimic Tear, he would lose to it.

As a result, the player who had been beaten by the Mimic Tear was now beating others.

The Mimic Tear is now laughing hysterically.

You have to understand that most players... have to strip themselves naked before entering the game, then copy their weakest attributes and summon three wolves to beat him to death.

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Chapter 315: Frenda – "You May Not Believe It, I Won"

"I... won?"

At that moment, Frenda jumped up excitedly, all her nervousness transforming into joy with the victory. But then she saw Accelerator's dark expression, and she became embarrassed.

"Take your cards and get out!"

"!!!"

Frenda, being very smart, quickly grabbed her cards and left in shame.

Accelerator was furious! He could understand losing to Misaka Mikoto, but how could he lose to a little girl?

Forget it, since she was so good at talking, he wouldn't be so petty.

"Next."

When Accelerator said this, Kakine Teikoku sat down with a gloomy face. However, Accelerator checked his pocket and realized he had only bought two sets of cards, one of which had already been taken by Frenda.

"Oh, I have no cards."

"Then can I leave?"

"No! You need to play cards with me."

"Where are the cards?"

"No more."

"Since I can't play, why should I stay?"

Accelerator said, word by word: "Play cards with me."

At that moment, he wanted to call the girl named Frenda, but when he turned around, Frenda had already handed the entire deck to Mugino.

Mugino then gave a smug smile: "If you don't have cards, let me take over."

Meanwhile, Dolly and Shokuhou Misaki who had escaped were stopped by Misaka Mikoto on the periphery and taken to a relatively safe place—Accelerator's home.

At least, aside from this place, Misaka Mikoto couldn't think of anywhere else to take them for the time being.

But when they arrived, they were greeted by the sight of Kamijo Touma, the "hedgehog-headed" guy from earlier that day.

"Hey? That schoolgirl from this morning? Did you find Mechanical Tyrannosaurus?"

"I found him. Ahem, what are you doing here?"

"Oh! He treated me to hot pot yesterday, and today I brought some ingredients, so I want to treat him to a meal too. Come on! Come on up!"

Kamijo Touma invited them like an old friend, and when they arrived at Accelerator's home, under the shocked gazes of the three girls, he took out the key and opened the door.

"Oh! He said yesterday I could come anytime if I wanted to eat, and he gave me the key because he was worried I didn’t have one."

Kamijo Touma kept talking without stopping, and suddenly noticed the girl next to Misaka Mikoto who looked exactly like her.

"She is my sister Dolly, um, Misaka Dolly."

"Oh! Twins. Do it quickly. When I chatted with him yesterday, he told me he’s usually not home during the day. By the way, how are things going?"

Kamijo Touma began chatting again. He didn’t know why, but he felt like he had a good rapport with the brown-haired and blonde girls in front of him, so he kept talking.

As for Accelerator on the other side, he had already pinned Kakine Teikoku to the ground and was playing cards with him. This time, Accelerator's luck had returned. Except for Misaka Mikoto and Frenda who beat him up handsomely, everyone else lost.

After winning a round, Accelerator felt a bit bored: "So weak, let's go."

After the other deck of cards was passed around and returned to Frenda's hands, Frenda nervously shouted.

"That... your cards!"

"Now they’re your cards. You’re very good at playing cards. I’ll come play with you and defeat you."

"Ah!!!"

Frenda was dumbfounded. Is No.1 so vengeful? Just because she won once, he would continue to play cards with her?

Compared to Accelerator who had become addicted to playing cards and brought it to Academy City, Daigo in another world was much more harmonious.

Today was still a peaceful day inside the GUTS, but today, Daigo brought the Gwent cards.

Entertainment was strictly prohibited during working hours, but during lunch breaks and when there were no tasks, Daigo took out the Gwent cards.

"Daigo, what is this?"

Daigo smiled and explained, "This is called Gwent. I got a very interesting card recently."

Captain Iruma Megumi hadn’t rested at noon yet, but she asked thoughtfully, "Team member Daigo, did you take out Gwent for fun? Do you hope to play this with aliens in the future?"

Daigo said embarrassedly, "Actually, I had this idea, but the aliens may not think so."

Nobata came over curiously, "A card game? How do you play it?"

"Play it like this."

Daigo began to introduce the game. Daigo wasn’t a playful person; it was just that when Gwent was put on the shelf, he instinctively felt that this card was useful.

He found that the simple Gwent rules and gameplay were just a little interesting.

But after buying a box and touching it personally, he realized that there was a mysterious power in this thing that could calm some violent emotions. Even Hikari... became interested in this.

His intuition told him that this could solve some problems. This feeling made him bring the cards to the GUTS and take them out during the break.

At this time, Iruma Megumi also became a little curious. She casually looked at the cards but found nothing unusual.

Not only in Academy City and the GUTS, but other worlds had also been influenced by Gwent to a greater or lesser extent. Especially in the world where Suzuki Satoru resided, the magic world where Takamachi Nanoha was, and the world with the Orc and Elf.

In some games that were relatively scarce in terms of entertainment, a simple gameplay quickly attracted a large number of players.

Even in Liyue, when Ningguang got the Gwent gameplay from Ganyu, she immediately thought of a plan to make a fortune. While the Seven Archons of Teyvat was popular, the copyright and main sales channels of this card game were not in her hands. When Ganyu introduced this new card game she had never seen before, Ningguang already thought of a way to profit.

Compared to the popularity of various worlds, the attitude in the internet cafe was very ordinary.

As a result, after Kisara defeated Liu Yuan more than ten times and was defeated by Hitomi over ten times, she gave up on the card game.

"It's boring, I'm too strong!"

"Then follow me?"

Hitomi shook the deck in her hand, showing off. Facing Hitomi’s provocation, Kisara turned her head and said, "Boss, do you have any new fun games now?"

"Fun games? There are none recently, but you can wait, new games will be available soon."

Hitomi knew why they would be available soon—there was less than a week left before the monthly game refresh.

Just thinking about it, Hitomi felt a little suffocated because the discounted game wasn’t controlled by her, but by its creator. Her authority was only to give some directions based on Liu Yuan’s ideas.

But Liu Yuan hadn’t said anything recently, and she couldn’t give any direction. This led to the game refresh being left to fate.

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Chapter 316: The Game Deadbeats from the Dragonmaid World 

With the promotion of the card, everyone in reality now had a topic to discuss. When the internet cafe reopened, new customers arrived at the third branch.

"Internet cafe? Sorry, I'm not interested in playing games at an internet cafe."

For Takiya Makoto, time is precious. He has many online games and single-player games to play. How could he play games outside?

However, facing the man's refusal, Liu Yuan presented a reason that he couldn't resist.

"I have the full series of Resident Evil with real experience, all DLCs and movies, and collection discs. There's the latest Souls game, Elden Ring, and two of the three major sandbox games. These are all fully immersive games, offering an absolutely real experience. And the most important thing is, one hour in this world equals one minute in your world. Twelve minutes, you can definitely spare that, right? Twelve minutes for twelve hours of playtime—what do you think?"

"Boss! Turn on the computer!"

At that moment, Takiya Makoto's expression changed, and he put on his circle glasses.

What? Internet access is too expensive?

For him, the price here is indeed a bit high, but after careful calculation, he spent 10,000 yen to buy twelve hours of rest time, which was a big profit.

Inside and outside, it’s equivalent to thirty-six hours in a day. Nine to twelve hours of work, and the rest of the time is all his own. It’s so cool.

Seeing how quickly the new guests integrated, Liu Yuan smiled.

But what he didn’t expect was that the speed at which Makoto Takiya integrated with the others was a bit too fast.

"Oh! You're playing Mugen, right?"

Takiya Makoto's voice attracted Toyama Kinji and Accelerator.

"Hehe, I know a little about this game. Do you want to play together?"

"Sure!"

"It doesn't matter!"

The two types of people who are most afraid of playing games at internet cafes are those with social anxiety and those with severe social phobia. The former fears social interaction, while the latter fears aggressive individuals. In the early days of internet cafes, when people played the same game, the common response was to switch computers and play together, while inviting people to play Warcraft 3 together or CS together.

It’s a pity that with the rise of personal computers, fewer people went to internet cafes, and with the increasing number of games, it became harder to find others to play with.

However, the newcomer Takiya Makoto is no ordinary person. As an otaku, he has skills that rival Izumi Konata.

Also, otakus attract each other, and Izumi Konata, Gabriel, and Takiya Makoto almost instantly formed a small group.

"Well, this is a simple group for animation, sales, and games."

How does Izumi Konata determine if it's a friendly group? It's very simple: just ask how many copies of Gwent they’ve bought.

Gabriel has no money in real life, but she still has some funds at the internet cafe. She bought three copies and was pulled into the group. Takiya Makoto bought ten copies, and he became the administrator.

"I didn’t expect to meet compatriots from other worlds here."

At this moment, Takiya Makoto was battling with Accelerator and others while replying.

Mugen’s battle rhythm in realism mode improves quickly, but for regular players, the game mode allows them to quickly get started and fight others.

Izumi Konata on the other hand, was playing Resident Evil and admiring the figure of Miss Ada Wong, while asking, "Newcomer, do you have any interesting anime?"

"Interesting? Magical Girl! The story is..."

He quickly explained the plot, and it got Izumi Konata and Gabriel excited.

"Newbie! Do you have a full set of BD soon? I'll buy three copies!"

"+1!"

"No problem, I'll go to XX and order six sets after I get back. But speaking of which, although full immersion is fun, it seems like you need a controller to play!"

Gabriel: "Can this be done?"

Izumi Konata: "You can ask the boss, but I feel... the boss is the one who hides the deepest."

Izumi Konata gave a knowing look. As an otaku, the attraction from the soul is unstoppable by anything.

So, Liu Yuan, who was not playing well, received a question from Izumi Konata.

"Boss, I have a question. If you encounter a game you like, how many copies do you buy?"

"Me? When I don’t have money, I’ll get a discount or even a freebie. If I have money, I like to buy three copies. One for myself, one for collection, and one as a backup for the collection."

At that moment, Izumi Konata pulled him into a TT group.

He flipped through the historical chat records. As he did, the group warmly welcomed the boss.

"Your group..."

"Oh no! Will the boss dislike it?"

"How could that be? But let me disguise myself."

While saying this, he actually changed into an image with a very high concentration of two-dimensional aesthetics—a gender-reversed version of his magical girl avatar. Not only him, but Takiya Makoto also changed into a cute girl avatar.

Counting the two cute girls that were already in the group, there were four cute girl avatars, but only half of them were actually girls.

At this point, Izumi Konata asked, "Boss, can we add a controller to our game? Sometimes I want to play with a controller!"

"No problem, just pay for it. Honestly, you’re the first to make this suggestion to me."

Gabriel asked, "Boss, we’re so familiar with each other. Can you give me a discount?"

"Haha, I want to make money."

Izumi Konata also criticized sternly, "Gabriel! That’s the wrong idea. We need to make money for the boss to survive, so he can get more interesting game animations. But without new animes to watch, I feel like I’m dying."

"Animes?"

Liu Yuan replied, "If you really want to watch animations, I can put them on the shelves and even make your life into animes."

Izumi Konata asked excitedly, "Oh? Does it involve privacy?"

"No, it doesn’t even involve your actual life. It’s just based on the world you live in and your own experiences. I’d create animes or novels, and everyone will be amazed when they see it! Oh! You’ll be the protagonist, but most of the plot will be fictional."

As soon as this sentence came out, the remaining three people got excited.

Izumi Konata: "I want it! Any type is fine."

Gabriel: "I can do anything, but I want something more interesting."

Takiya Makoto: "I want it too! I want to be a protagonist!"

Liu Yuan: "Take me with you. How about we have a love-hate relationship?"

The other three: "I think it’s feasible."

Liu Yuan: "It’s a pity I can’t play games during work hours, otherwise, Takiya Makoto, I’d kill you today."

"Come on! If you don’t kill me today, you’re not human."

Izumi Konata: "Hehe! Boss, I’ve mastered all the games in this store. Although I’m not as good as Schwi and Shiro, I can still bully you."

Liu Yuan: "Can you close the store and not run away?"

Izumi Konata: "If you don’t want to run, then don’t run! Offline solo?"

Gabriel: "I don’t have money..."

Izumi Konata: "I’ll treat you. I! Have money."

Liu Yuan: "Okay, then whose world are we going to?"

Takiya Makoto: "How about we see whose world is older? I’m in 2017."

Gabriel: "What a coincidence, I’m also in 2017."

Izumi Konata: "Well... I’m in 2007, which is a bit different from you."

Liu Yuan: "Then how about going to Gabriel’s world? Gabriel doesn’t seem very well off financially, and it can save Konata some money."

Izumi Konata: "Boss, you're a good person."

"Hehe, thanks to my girlfriend, otherwise, I’d be pissed off by what you said."

Izumi Konata: "Winners in life are prohibited from bringing girlfriends."

Takiya Makoto: "Agree!"

Liu Yuan added: "Should we bring Blank? It’s true they’re invincible, but I have a trick that can win by surprise."

Izumi Konata: "You can also bring Misaka-nee. She’s the same. Hehe~"

In the group, four people started chatting, and as they continued, the group grew to seven.

Soon, all the otaku in the Internet cafe had gathered together. However, Misaka Mikoto couldn’t join them as she had something to do, though she promised to invite everyone over later.

In reality, Kisara suddenly had an uneasy feeling.

"Boss... are you doing something behind my back?"

Kisara sniffed Liu Yuan’s body closely. "Do you have a woman you like?"

"Yes!"

Liu Yuan pointed at Kisara, but she didn’t believe him. Her intuition told her that there might be someone else involved with Liu Yuan.

"Don’t worry, the one I’m communicating with is a man."

"Oh!"

Kisara relaxed at this revelation.

"The one who will go out with me at night is also a man, and there are also only three women."

"?"

Kisara sensed something was off, and Hitomi beside her also felt the same. She wanted to check who Liu Yuan was chatting with on TT, but the app had privacy protections. Only the creator of the app could access the communication, and not even the Lord of the World had that ability.

At that moment, Kisara's jealousy grew.

No matter what happened after work, she decided to follow him.

A few hours later, just as Liu Yuan was preparing to head to Gabriel’s world for an offline gathering with fellow game enthusiasts, he received a message.

It was a help request from Kobeni Higayashima.

She said that when she used the Judgement Cut in Hell, it appears that Makima had been teleported to an unknown place.

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Chapter 317: The Dragon Trainer and the Dog Training Master Live Together

"This is..."

Makima looked around and could feel that the contract she had signed with the Japanese government was completely cut off. But she also realized that this world is similar to Japan, though not the Japan she had lived in.

"Did I travel to another world? How interesting."

Makima’s expression darkened. When Kobeni Higayashima attacked the Dark Devil, she had signed a contract with the Hell Devil, intending to return to the real world. However, the Judgement Cut affected her side, causing her to travel to another world unexpectedly.

Her control abilities were still fully usable, and even the power obtained from the Control Devil was retained. However, her body had weakened, and the power she controlled was ineffective on humans and animals in this world.

At the same time, her intuition told her that in this world, her death will be real.

"Another world?"

Just as she was thinking, a drunk woman staggered toward her.

"Hey? Why is there someone here? Hey? Why am I on the opposite side?"

The red-haired woman named Kobayashi pushed her glasses up and stared seriously at the woman in front of her. She had drunk too much today, and her vision was blurry. Even so, she could still be sure that the person in front of her was herself.

"Hahaha! In front of me, hiccup! I actually saw myself, hehe~ so big, so cute."

"?"

Makima had initially wanted to take action, but the moment she saw Kobayashi’s appearance, she was stunned.

They were so alike. The only differences were their eyes and figures—one had a rounder face, while the other appeared more mature and charming, but they were likely to be the same person.

"You are..."

"Hiccup, Kobayashi, hehehe~ Do you want to come to my house, hiccup! Yours is so big and you look like me, you could be my sister. Hehe, sister, can you put on a maid outfit? I’ll hug you~~"

At that moment, Makima was embraced.

This is a world without devil. This is a world with a woman who looks like her. This is... another world?

Feeling the warmth of the hug, Makima wasn’t afraid. There was nothing about the embrace that made her feel uncomfortable. It was a pure hug—one that couldn’t be purer. She was very curious what expression Kobayashi would have when she woke up the next day.

"Contract, established."

Makima smiled. In this world, she couldn’t control people with her own power, but the contract she had with the devil still existed. In that moment, two people from different worlds, with completely different ideas, were bound together by the contract.

The next day, Kobayashi woke up.

"My head... hurts."

"Kobayashi-kun~ you're awake."

Kobayashi took the water handed to her, took a sip, and subconsciously said, "Thank you."

But as soon as she finished speaking, Kobayashi shuddered when she saw the woman with golden pupils beside her.

"Who are you? Why are you in my house?"

"It seems Kobayashi has completely forgotten."

Makima leaned against Kobayashi and smiled. "Kobayashi asked me to be your sister and take care of you like a maid."

"Hey, hey, hey?"

Kobayashi was completely confused, but after recalling last night, it appears to be... real.

The sound of the contract being established happened right in front of her. Looking at the gentle woman in front of her, Kobayashi blushed.

"Kobayashi, you’re shy."

"No! Absolutely not! No, but..."

Before Kobayashi could finish, Makima said directly, "Kobayashi, I have no place to stay. Can I live with you?"

"Together? Yes, I can, but..."

Looking at the embarrassed Kobayashi, Makima sat on the bed. "My name is Makima. Don’t forget me, Kobayashi."

"No! Absolutely not!"

Control still existed in this world, and her power of Control had even become stronger. But at the same time, this world was very magical. As a Control Devil, Makima wouldn’t be affected by this power. Domination made her stronger, but for now, she was just Makima with the power of Control, not a devil.

In this world, all humans would treat her as an equal, and no species would subconsciously fear or hate her because of her abilities.

But in this world, no one would hate or fear her. All creatures treated her not because she was a Control Devil, but because she was Makima.

"This is such a good world. Who sent me here?"

Makima smiled and watched Kobayashi get up and wash. It had been a long time since she had experienced life as an ordinary person.

Kobayashi also wondered how she met someone who looked so much like herself...

When she thought about it, she subconsciously lowered her head. Seeing Makima’s chest and hips, tears almost burst from her eyes.

"Damn it!"

"If it's Kobayashi, it’s okay."

"No, no..."

Although they were both girls, Kobayashi wasn’t a pervert, and she always felt that something was off when "her other self" invited her.

"By the way, Miss Makima..."

"It’s Sister."

"Uh... Sister?"

Kobayashi didn’t want to go against the other person’s wishes. To her, the woman was as reliable as a gentle elder, so calling her "sister" didn’t seem wrong.

"Yes."

Kobayashi had many questions, but for some reason, when she looked into Makima’s eyes, she sighed. "What do you want to eat for breakfast? I’ll make it for you."

"What to eat? Anything is fine."

"Then just bread and eggs."

"No problem."

A future dragon trainer and a current dog trainer—two people with similar appearances—met in this world, whether by accident or design, and were ready to start living under the same roof.

"Makima, do you have a job?"

"Work? Well... I used to raise dogs. I don’t have a job now."

"Do you raise pets? I happen to know a pet store that’s hiring..."

"Okay, thank you very much, Kobayashi~"

Kobayashi felt that Makima’s voice was very pleasant, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was strange about the woman in front of her. Could she be the illegitimate daughter of her father back home?

Thinking about this, Kobayashi shook her head. Maybe they just looked alike. The world was so big—maybe one day, she could find a dragon and bring it home?

Makima and Kobayashi continued chatting happily.

Meanwhile, in the internet cafe, Liu Yuan had been entrusted by Kobeni Higayashima to find Makima and give her an accurate reply.

"The people in your world have gone to the new guest's world, but from her condition, it seems like she doesn't want to go back."

After a long silence, Kobeni Higayashima cautiously asked, "Can we let her stay?"

Liu Yuan replied, "If it’s not due to our store, the moment she crosses over, she belongs to the world she entered."

Kobeni Higayashima: "That’s fine~"

Kobeni Higayashima hung up the call happily, while Liu Yuan began to think.

Makima and Takiya Makoto were now in the same world. He was curious about what would happen between this Control Devil, Takiya Makoto, and the people in this world.

For the time being, he decided to use this world as an observation point, occasionally asking Takiya Makoto if anything interesting happened.

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Chapter 318: Say! Give Everything to Kobayashi

Today, Kobayashi was very happy. She had a sister who looked strange to her. They drank some wine together, and the two of them, drunk, made their way to the top of a mountain.

In her original world, Makima would never get drunk. The contract she had made meant that any harm she suffered would be transferred to the Japanese people. Being drunk was considered harm.

However, in this world, she only retained her Control power, and her body was that of an ordinary person. She forgot about this and ended up getting drunk while enjoying a drink with Kobayashi.

Even when drunk, she maintained her usual self-restraint, allowing herself only a little indulgence.

"Hahaha! Makima! You can’t... From now on, I will protect you!"

"Thank you, Sister Kobayashi."

"Hehe~ Your sister is so big."

"Sister, yours will be big too."

Perhaps influenced by Kobayashi or by this world, Makima let herself go for the first time.

But as the two of them wandered in a daze, they suddenly saw a huge monster.

"Look, a dragon?"

"I see, a dragon with a sword stuck in it."

The giant dragon saw the humans and wanted to drive them away, but her fatal injury left her too weak to speak.

Kobayashi, still dazed, spoke, "I really want a dragon maid to serve me. Maids are the best."

"Oh? Kobayashi, you like dragon maids? Leave them to me."

"Hahaha, what are you going to do?"

Makima stared at the giant dragon's eyes in a daze: "Say! Give everything to Kobayashi."

But under the influence of alcohol, her gaze shifted to the sword stuck in Toru's bEresh.

"?"

Toru looked at the woman in front of her in confusion, but at that moment, the sword embedded in Toru sensed something and flew into Kobayashi's body.

Kobayashi laughed loudly: "Hahaha, sister, you are so funny."

"I am Makima, Hahaha. I can control everything. This is not as good as mine."

"Then control me here and make it bigger."

"Haha~ I can’t do that."

"So you are bragging."

"That’s right."

Makima laughed even harder. She truly enjoyed this kind of daily life.

Freedom, fairness, and a warm embrace—these were the things Makima had gained from Kobayashi. In this world, where there were no restrictions on herself and she could even be herself, Makima was willing to do whatever she could for Kobayashi.

Both of them suddenly rolled their eyes and passed out.

Toru watching from the side was shocked.

This was the sword of the gods—something that even she, as a dragon, couldn't do anything about. Yet, it had been pulled out and even conquered by the two people in front of her?

To dedicate everything to Kobayashi... to become her maid?

Toru wasn’t dominated, but in that moment, she decided to complete the contract and become Kobayashi's maid.

Her body shrank to the size of a normal woman. Looking at the two sleeping figures, she gently picked them up and sent them home.

When Kobayashi rubbed her head and woke up, she was stunned to see Makima beside the bed and Toru on the other side.

"I... didn’t wake up?"

Two people had come to her house in two days. Had she become the protagonist of a harem?

While she questioned her life, an offline party was taking place in another world.

In Gabriel's world, she changed into a beautiful dress for the first time.

In front of the mirror, Gabriel checked herself over.

"Appearance OK! Clothes OK! Room OK! Come on!!!"

Gabriel invited people from her group, and at that moment, three people appeared in her room at once.

"No matter how many times... it feels so magical..."

Faced with Izumi Konata’s complaints, Liu Yuan explained, "This is the latest technology. There used to be a special portal, but that one had a disadvantage—it was too big."

"Portal, a very common setting."

Liu Yuan gave a thumbs up. "Of course, I run an Internet cafe. While I can work, watch animes, and read novels, the main focus is games. Come on, I can’t wait now."

Takiya Makoto smiled and said, "Yes! Change the world and don’t worry about anything."

Izumi Konata agreed: "That’s right."

At this moment, Gabriel suddenly felt something was off: "That... this is my world, you guys take it easy."

What she feared the most wasn’t having no money, but being socially embarrassed by these people.

"Don’t worry, we know what’s going on."

When Liu Yuan said this, Takiya Makoto asked, "Can I use the bathroom? I need to change clothes."

"Sure!"

Takiya Makoto went in to change, and the other three discussed where to go next.

Finally, the three of them unanimously decided to go to the game hall.

As mentioned before, the games in the Internet cafe were fun and very realistic. But for true gamers, high-definition games could be played, and pixel games were also available.

For team-building activities among gaming enthusiasts, they naturally had to go to lively places.

Liu Yuan said shamelessly, "Today! I will show you how to clear a level with one coin!"

Gabriel complained in time: "One gold coin? Well, there are plenty of game coins to exchange, so clearing a level is easy."

"Gabriel is worthy of being Gabriel, complaining about the boss’s words without a hint of expression."

Liu Yuan replied, "I’m extremely strong."

Izumi Konata reminded, "The last person who said that was killed into a ball by five opponents in LOL."

"That’s because she was bad!"

At the same time, Kaname Madoka suddenly sneezed. She counted on her fingers.

Oh my god, the boss actually said bad things about her?

She decided to wait for Liu Yuan to come to her world and turn him into a purple potato ball.

At this moment, Takiya Makoto came out of the bathroom.

When he walked out, everyone was shocked.

The person who went in was a man, but the one who came out was a woman?

"This is..."

Izumi Konata was shocked, while Gabriel and Liu Yuan nodded.

"I didn’t expect you to be a cross-dresser."

"It’s quite similar. This is a cosplay of an anime character from my world."

"That’s right!"

This was something Takiya Makoto would never dare do in his own world, because he had a very good relationship with Kobayashi and they often met at comic conventions. If he dressed as a woman, it would expose everything.

But in a different world, it didn’t matter if he played around.

He wasn’t a cross-dresser, he just really liked this character and wanted to play the role.

"Okay, okay!"

Izumi Konata couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up. Although cross-dressing hadn’t become popular in her world, it was common for men to dress as women or women to dress as men to play their favorite characters.

For love.

However, when Liu Yuan applauded, he felt a sour feeling.

Turning around, no one was there. But the resentment in the air became palpable.

That’s right! The person who resented him was none other than Kisara, who had secretly followed him!

In the outside world, there was no privacy protection room that could target her or even the Lord of the World.

"Hey."

Liu Yuan wasn’t dumb. He knew who it was just by the resentment in the air.

"I'm sorry, everyone."

"What's wrong, boss?"

Liu Yuan said helplessly, "I may need to bring someone with me."

Izumi Konata asked curiously, as if eating melon seeds, "Is it Sister Kisara? Is she jealous? Tsk, tsk, tsk, I didn’t realize you still love her so much, boss."

"Yes."

Liu Yuan didn’t explain much and directly contacted Kisara on TT.

"Don’t hide, since you’re here, let’s play together."

There was no reply on TT. In reality, she leaned over the window of Gabriel's house like a child who had done something wrong and asked, "Boss, aren’t you angry?"

"Why should I be angry with you? I’m not disliking you because I’m afraid they’ll get jealous when they see me acting like a winner in life. They’re not jealous, but you are."

Izumi Konata gave a thumbs-up and said, "Although I hate winners in life, if it’s Kisara-san, it doesn’t matter~"

"It doesn’t matter +1!"

However, Takiya Makoto who had been silently watching, pushed his glasses that he didn’t know he was wearing and said, "The FFF group doesn’t burn true love."

"Eh? Are you... a man?"

Kisara came a few minutes later than Liu Yuan and didn’t see Takiya Makoto enter the bathroom. In her opinion, Liu Yuan had an appointment with three beautiful girls. But now, she was wrong—two girls, and one cross-dressing guy.

"Ah~ you didn’t notice the gender. Why are you so jealous? Okay, I apologize, let’s play together."

"Okay~"

They said they were playing together, but in reality, Kisara was playing with Izumi Konata and Gabriel, while Liu Yuan was playing arcade games with Takiya Makoto.

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Chapter 319: New Game HellDiver and Crazy Flasher

"Hehe~"

"Hehe!"

With the arrival of a new day, the Internet cafe reopened, but this time, Kisara's state was a little off.

"Boss... What's wrong with Kisara?"

Hitomi knew what Liu Yuan had done, but unfortunately, she couldn't observe the surroundings through him.

"I gave her a gift, and she smiled like this."

"Gift? Do I have one?"

Hitomi's eyes flickered, and she looked at Liu Yuan expectantly.

LLiu Yuan slowly pulled out a fluffy rabbit. It was only the size of a palm, but it had cost him dozens of game coins.

Yes, he cleared the level with one coin, which, in exaggeration, was really a "gold coin."

Among the five people, the most embarrassed were Liu Yuan and Gabriel, who were terrible at grabbing dolls.

The strongest one was Izumi Konata, who could grab one doll with one grab, and the other two were equally matched, guaranteeing five or six coins for one doll, which was quite efficient.

Looking at the toys Liu Yuan had brought out, Hitomi smiled happily.

"I also have a gift from the boss."

Hitomi raised her own gift, but this time, Kisara didn't feel jealous, nor did she compare. Because she knew that at this moment, she had won.

Dolls are for children, and Liu Yuan had given her a gift for adults: a new set of clothes, cosmetics, and accessories.

It was a complete crushing victory. If Kisara were still jealous over a plush toy, she would look down on herself.

"Okay, you two stop grinning, it's almost time for business to start."

Liu Yuan's words made the two calm down. As the new day began, all the shops in the Internet cafe resumed operations.

Daily life without much to do moves quickly. Over these days, the three new guests of the No. 3 store had brought people from their own worlds one after another.

Toyama Kinji brought his childhood sweetheart, and Accelerator brought a hedgehog-headed companion.

Takiya Makoto, however, was different. He brought a dragon.

No, to be precise, it was a dragon who had taken human form. Although he looked a little gloomy, he quickly settled in once he entered the Internet cafe.

How did Takiya Makoto convince the dragon to come in?

It was simple: "You can experience more games here that you haven’t played yet."

And so, the dragon entered. The different time ratio was far too tempting. Originally, he could only play with Takiya Makoto for twelve hours a day, but now, he could play for twenty-four hours a day and make plenty of money.

However, Liu Yuan was very puzzled.

How did Takiya Makoto subdue Fafnir, an adult dragon?

That wasn't what really caught his attention. What fascinated him was that this dragon appears to be tsundere.

Why? Because he had something in common with Accelerator on his first day.

This dragon had been trapped by the Mimic Tear, and his own strength was so overwhelming that many weapons and equipment skills from Elden Ring didn’t even affect him. When he hit the Mimic Tear, the big brother showed him how to be human—oh, no, how to be a dragon.

But that wasn’t a major problem. He didn’t need the strength. He was happy in the game mode and had no interest in realism mode combat.

However, the issue wasn’t big. He quickly adjusted his mindset and started hunting dragons in Elden Ring and Monster Hunter.

He even teamed up with Takiya Makoto to hunt monsters in Monster Hunter, which was very enjoyable.

In the midst of this happy daily life, Liu Yuan finally waited for the monthly special game refresh.

Currently, the preparations for Fujimaru Kaede had entered the final stage.

When the Creation Goddess appears, Liu Yuan would keep an eye on it to see what he could do. Once the items were in hand, he could buy games without restraint.

As usual, Liu Yuan returned to his room. This time, Kisara was also turned away.

Outside the door, Takashima Yuna asked curiously, "Kisara, aren’t you going to follow?"

"No, the boss said it’s not appropriate to have too many people watching."

This was a lie. Liu Yuan had said he was afraid of not being able to resist Kisara’s temptation. In truth, Kisara was worried that he might violate the contract with his boss.

So, at this time, she chose to stay outside honestly.

Jibril entered with two buckets of iced cola and excitedly asked, "How about we prepare some food and cola and wait for the boss to come up with a game to celebrate?"

Leticia reminded, "Be careful. The boss might come up with a fun game and kill you as a sacrifice."

"It’s okay, I’m willing to sacrifice my small self for the greater good! Even if I’m sacrificed today, I’ll eat and drink well."

"Then have a good journey."

The girls complained to each other, and Liu Yuan in the room fell into deep thought as he looked at the two new games that he got.

How should he describe the games this time? Neither good nor bad.

The first game was Crazy Flasher.

As a former web game, Liu Yuan had played this game from beginning to end. The Internet cafe had put up an integrated package for sale, but unlike the entire series of Resident Evil, players could freely choose to play through any of the games in this series. The difficulty was standard, and completing any one of them rewarded the player with weapons and items corresponding to the series.

Although the rewards were average and the plot was quite boring, as a small game, Crazy Flasher was easier to get into than Resident Evil. It was fun and could even improve your fighting ability, though the improvement was limited.

The second game was Helldivers, a multiplayer cooperative shooting game. The game was played from a top-down perspective using either a controller or keyboard. In realism mode, the difficulty of the game spiked.

Why did Liu Yuan think this game was fun? Because in the normal game mode, there was no friendly fire, but in Helldivers, friendly fire was on.

Additionally, the game lacked deep storylines or complex plots, the players could even save the so-called "super earth" if they wanted to. After explosions, the earth would be refreshed and rebuilt.

The so-called "realism mode" only changed the perspective, and the overall difficulty of the game didn’t change much.

But still, this game was fun. The happiness didn’t come from cooperating with teammates to overcome challenges; it came from the bizarre ways your teammates died—like being hit by a teammate driving a three-wheeled donkey, being shot by a teammate, hitting their head on a mecha, or even being kicked into lava by a teammate.

Here’s a joke: in Helldivers, the number of times the enemy kills you might actually be less than the number of times your teammates do.

And because the weapons were so powerful, friendly fire incidents were common. In the chaos, not a single enemy was killed, but all teammates ended up knocked down. It was quite the spectacle.

The rewards in this game were the unlocked weapons, equipment, and various resources, though there were some restrictions on using support skills in your own world that required spending money. However, the support system in Helldivers had a very powerful skill: the "Help Signal."

When you were in danger in your own world, you could use the Help Signal. In an instant, all players who had completed the realism mode could search for the distress signal and come to your aid.

"Sure! These two games are neither good nor bad."

Liu Yuan was satisfied with these two games. The real modes of both games relied solely on the system’s physical data, but overall, the difficulty wasn’t high. With patience, one player could gather supplies in one or two days. The other game allowed players to team up, or even just hang out, as the real difficulty came from winning the "super earth."

All participants could use the unlocked weapons and support. These games were friendly for newcomers and interesting for experienced players.

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Chapter 320: The Male Protagonist who was getting married to a Mermaid

"Come on! This is a game for four people, you can form a team freely!"

Liu Yuan said this, but everyone habitually assigned teams and started to try Helldiver.

As he said, although this game can be played alone, it is fun to form a team. Liu Yuan was a little impatient watching the scene of Internet cafe players pitting against each other.

In fact, Liu Yuan's idea came true. When the Internet cafe opened, other stores didn't know, but the four people from the third branch—Tohyama, Accelerator, Fafnir, and Takiya Makoto—had for some reason formed a team. Then it was...

"Fuck! What are you doing, Toyama Kinji?"

This was Accelerator's scream, and Kinji behind him explained: "Sorry, I was trying to see if the bayonet works."

"Then try it yourself!"

"I tried it, and I lost HP."

Takiya Makoto pointed to a small gadget that looked like an eye and appeared not far away: "Hey? What's this? It's so cute?"

Fafnir took the instruction manual and said while reading, "This seems to be called Scout Strider. If you don't kill it, it will summon a large number of enemies. The red light means it summons enemies."

When he finished speaking, a large number of automatons appeared around. Scout Striders, one of the enemies, have super fast movement speed, super high attack power, and long-range sniping ability.

This thing is relatively easy to fight alone, because if you hit it, no monsters will appear.

But if you form a team, the number of troops will increase, and the different positions of the four people will allow the automatons to better detect the enemy from all directions, making this thing very difficult to deal with.

It wasn't just them—the other team players also had all kinds of strange accidents. Some were killed by teammates in the fight, and some were killed by airdrops while waiting for airdrops on the ground.

What's even funnier is that when the four airdrops came down, because they were in order, the first one was killed by the second one, and so on, and the whole team was wiped out at the beginning.

But this is normal. After all, when this game is played normally, the number of friendly troops killed in a battle can exceed 500,000, and sometimes it can be millions. That's right—they died at the hands of friendly troops.

Along with the launch of the new game, a newcomer also came to the Internet cafe.

This is a young man with black hair and black eyes. He found that his environment had changed, but it didn't matter.

The man, named Michishio Nagasumi, shouted directly to Liu Yuan: "Excuse me! Are there any weapons here? Can you protect me?"

Looking at the new guest, Liu Yuan smiled. "Yes, I can protect you. So, this guest, is there anything bothering you?"

Michishio Nagasumi nodded vigorously, and Hitomi took a stool for him to sit down.

"I encountered a very scary thing."

Liu Yuan and Kisara sat opposite him and asked seriously: "What scary thing?"

"Don't be afraid of what I'm going to say."

Michishio Nagasumi swallowed his saliva. From his expression, they could see what kind of fear he was in now.

Kisara smiled, "We are professionals and we are not afraid."

Michishio Nagasumi breathed a sigh of relief. After adjusting his breathing, he spoke, "I was kidnapped by a mermaid."

Liu Yuan and Kisara stepped back at the same time, but out of professionalism, Liu Yuan asked: "What is a mermaid?"

"It's a half-human, half-fish mermaid."

Kisara was playful and drew a mermaid.

Michishio Nagasumi shook his head after seeing it and said: "It's not the upper and one right, but one up and one down."

Liu Yuan nodded in understanding and drew another one.

Michishio Nagasumi hurriedly shook his head and said, "She is human on top and fish on the bottom. Also, she is a woman without **! Mermaid! Have you seen the movie? It's the kind of mermaid that is very beautiful, good-looking, and has a good figure."

Liu Yuan nodded: "Okay, I know. You are kidnapped and hunted by the mermaid, and you need help, right?"

At this moment, Kisara couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hey? What is she laughing at?"

"It's okay, she's pregnant."

Liu Yuan continued to ask: "So, do you want us to help you get rid of the mermaid?"

"That's right! She pursued me madly, but her family kidnapped me to the bottom of the sea, the bottom of my hometown. It's full of mermaids, and turtles, turtles!"

Michishio Nagasumi's expression kept changing. Through the way his expression and body changed at will, Liu Yuan confirmed one thing: the world he came from was not simple.

If we use the setting to talk about it, this guy may come from the comedy world.

The comedy world is a very mysterious place in every world. The characters from the comedy world have all kinds of unexpected abilities.

Liu Yuan confirmed this because the boy's body could shape themselves in various ways when he introduced himself.

"Help me find a few more people! Kill those mermaids, and then..."

"Puff!"

Hitomi on the side couldn't help laughing. She almost understood what those mermaids were going to do in an instant.

You know, they are mermaids. They either kill people without leaving any traces, or...

Thinking of this, she laughed again.

"It's okay. She's pregnant too. Go on."

"They... are pregnant on the same day?"

Kisara nodded with pursed lips. "Yes, we are on the same day."

Liu Yuan waved his hand, motioning Kisara to hold back, and introduced: "If you need strength, I have a good thing here that is very suitable for you."

"Great, give it to me."

"Hitomi, take him."

"Okay!"

"Thank you!"

Michishio Nagasumi thanked him, but when he turned around and followed him, he heard laughter. Looking in the direction of the laughter, Kisara and Liu Yuan looked normal.

"Hey? I think I heard laughter?"

Hitomi denied. "You may be nervous and hallucinating, guest."

"But now, I clearly heard laughter."

He turned back again. Liu Yuan and Kisara were discussing something, without any smiles.

"Oh! Maybe I really hallucinated."

Michishio Nagasumi breathed a sigh of relief.

What he feared most was that there was something wrong with his ears. Now it seems that it is not his ears that have problems, but his brain. That's fine.

In fact, most of the games in the Internet cafe are not suitable for Michishio Nagasumi's situation, because these games are prepared for serious people, not for comedy characters.

But fortunately, Liu Yuan was lucky yesterday and got a flash fighting game; Crazy Flasher.

This game... has fighting, it's simple, and the reasons for fighting are also very funny.

What if you have money to repair computers and then repair people, and it feels interesting to repair people after repairing people, and then play the world championship, fight aliens, and fight zombies.

There is no rationality at all. Although it is somewhat forced to lean toward the setting of Michishio Nagasumi, for him, this game can really meet his needs.

It should take about half a day to complete the game, and after completing it, you can get enough combat experience and weapons and equipment.

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Chapter 321: Revy

To be honest, even Hitomi, let alone Liu Yuan, doesn't have any particularly good game recommendations. The only reason he suggested Crazy Flasher to Michishio Nagasumi was because the game was available today and it was, quite frankly, ridiculous.

With its absurdly funny characters, it seemed like a perfect match.

However, what Liu Yuan didn’t expect was that this match actually worked.

"Ada! Ada! Fight, fight, fight!"

In the game, Michishio Nagasumi quickly mastered the fighting mechanics.

However, compared to this special boy from another world, the woman who entered next immediately caught everyone’s attention.

With short reddish-brown hair, disheveled clothes, and countless scars of all sizes on her body, it was obvious that this woman—or girl—was different.

"Where is this?"

She asked simply and straightforwardly. She couldn’t understand how she had ended up here. She had been taken away by the American police, and just as she was about to resist, she found herself here. Whether it was fantasy or reality, it didn’t matter. The real thing was what mattered most, and if it was fake, she didn’t care as long as she could experience this peaceful environment after going through so much pain.

"Four-Dimensional Internet Cafe," Liu Yuan replied. "May I ask, do you want power?"

"I’ve wanted it for a long time, but I don’t have any money."

"It doesn’t matter."

Liu Yuan smiled. "You still have a future. You can mortgage your life and exchange it for power."

"Are you devils?"

Kisara, who was standing beside Liu Yuan, smiled and said, "Devil? No, no, no. I prefer others to call me that. What kind of power do you want?"

"I want the power to get revenge on that stupid place."

"No problem," Liu Yuan replied. "We have a power that suits you. It only takes half a day for you to rebel against the messed-up world you're in."

"My name is... just call me Revy. I belong to you."

Liu Yuan clasped his hands and smiled. "I don’t need you. This store operates on fair trade. In the future, you can use money to redeem your lifespan. If you ever want to thank someone, I hope you’ll lend a helping hand to those ordinary people trapped in darkness."

Revy didn’t respond, but Liu Yuan could tell from her expression that she understood.

Kisara, in a tacit agreement, got up and led Revy to the machine. Her physical condition was not ideal. Due to malnutrition and prolonged abuse, her body was in a sub-healthy state.

But that didn’t matter. Since she had mortgaged her life, Liu Yuan would invest in this special guest.

"What is this?"

"Game. You can think of it as gaining power by traveling to another world. Your world is an ordinary technological one. When you’re weak, it’s best to take on simple technology, and this game is perfect for that."

There are two types of games in the Internet cafe. One is to gain power through playing, such as Elden Ring, Resident Evil, and the recently launched 7 Days to Die. The other is to receive rewards after clearing games. Crazy Flasher falls into this second category.

In the past, customers didn’t need power urgently, so they could afford to learn slowly through games like Rainbow Six or Red Alert.

However, it was clear that this woman didn’t need long-term power—she needed something she could use immediately. It was a battle between people.

Thus, Crazy Flasher was perfect for her. The game’s growth curve was gentle, and its difficulty wasn’t high. With over ten hours left before the cafe closed, Liu Yuan didn’t waste any time. Ten hours was enough to complete the entire Crazy Flasher series.

From street thugs to gangsters, it would be enough.

Revy sat down expressionlessly. The moment she entered the game, she was stunned, but she hid her shock.

Everything felt so real—the environment, the sensations. If she couldn’t feel the touch of the outside world, she might even have doubted whether she had truly traveled through time.

"Haha, cleaning up the little thugs?"

Revy didn’t think twice and rushed in. It didn’t matter—whether her future was real or fake, or whether this place was real or fake, she just let herself go.

At that moment, Liu Yuan sighed. "What a pity. Actually, the game that suits her best is GTA, not this one."

Kisara softly asked, "Is there something special about her?"

"Special? Not really. She’s like the people who were abused in her world—living in a world where people are worse than dogs. I just don’t know how far she can go in her world."

Revy’s battles continued, fighting gangsters and thugs. At first, she didn’t think much of it—just a pistol, something every household in the U.S. owns. But soon, she faced machines, U.S. special forces, aliens, and Zombies. This made her question what kind of game she was playing.

Finally, after defeating the big boss in the European biochemical lab, she had a sense of unreality.

As Liu Yuan had predicted, there was still plenty of time left when she finished. But she had earned a reward from the game.

Which one should she choose? This made her hesitate. There were four rewards in total, and she didn’t know which one to pick.

While she hesitated, Liu Yuan appeared beside her. "Let me give you some advice."

The ultimate move of the protagonist in the game involved punching the ground and sending shockwaves that damaged the surroundings.

Besides that, Liu Yuan helped her select two commands.

Lui Yuan is a Super Hero!

Effect: When not in any field of view, you can teleport to any visible field within 50 meters. The range depends on the amount of money.

I am Lui Yuan’s Fan!

Effect: Recover wounds. The effect depends on the amount of money.

Finally, he helped her choose a special ability: the ability to jump higher.

These abilities would be useless to many seasoned players, who might not even want rewards after clearing levels or would choose something more memorable.

After all, whether it’s teleportation or healing, it didn’t offer much value.

Teleportation?

Very strong, but the Terraria Chaos Teleport Rod has no side effects.

Recovering health?

The rich now buy tons of Senzu beans. Those with less money can become alchemists and brew various healing potions.

These abilities could only treat minor injuries. If one has time to think about commands, it’s better to buy more potions. At worst, just drink the orange gatorade, which is better than these abilities.

These commands were only unexpectedly useful to ordinary people like Revy.

Revy listened to Liu Yuan’s advice and chose these, but she asked directly, "Without guns, these aren’t enough."

"No!" Liu Yuan replied. "You can have them. In the player mall, ordinary guns are the least valuable."

The arrival of the Ex-Machinas had devalued ordinary technology. It was nearly wholesale here. Compared to buying weapons directly, more players preferred buying mobile construction vehicles. These were far more powerful than a few guns.

Revy bought a lot of weapons. She was concerned about her future life. But the priority was survival. She had to survive first.

She returned to her world, back to the place where she had been taken by the American police.

The police officer was still wondering where Revy had gone. He was ready to continue, but didn’t get the chance. Revy pulled out a gun.

Without hesitation, she shot directly.

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Chapter 322: Fujimaru: "I'm waiting for my teammates, what are you waiting for?"

The newcomer is experiencing GTA in reality ahead of time, and some guests from the everyday world are gathering offline.

Meanwhile, the weary Fujimaru Kaede is fighting relentlessly in Uruk.

Before today’s closing, Fujimaru Kaede briefed Liu Yuan on the situation. So, once the Internet café closes, Liu Yuan will stop all his entertainment activities and focus solely on her.

With the addition of new games to the Internet café, Chaldea has finally located the singularity where Fujimaru Kaede is.

When Fujimaru Kaede reunited with Fujimaru Ritsuka, Mash, and Black Jeanne, she was on the verge of tears.

"I've missed you so much."

"Senpai, stop joking. We just met at the Internet café."

Mash’s words made Fujimaru Kaede awkwardly pause. She had intended to create a family scene, but now it was unnecessary.

Instead, Fujimaru Ritsuka gazed at the floating city of Uruk with an expression one

of astonishment.

"Did you do all of this yourself?"

"Yes! What do you think? Impressive, right? Come with me."

Fujimaru Kaede led the Chaldea team to the city wall. There, with a serious expression, she announced, "You arrived just in time—the Demonic Beasts are attacking the city."

This monster wasn't created by Gorgon, but was a new life born from the black tide of Tiamat. Since all humans in the singularity had been relocated here by her, there were no people or gods left in the outside world—only countless flying monsters.

Now, the ground was littered with Demonic Beasts corpses, and Uruk lay in ruins.

When Fujimaru Kaede arrived at the city wall, Anna sitting atop it noticed her approach. She turned and walked over, holding a wreath and wearing a cloak.

"Master! How does this look?"

"It looks good. What's the situation now?"

"The Demonic Beasts are still advancing. Tiamat hasn't been detected."

While the two communicated, Mash looked at Anna and couldn't help but compliment her: "She's so cute."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Anna smiled before saying, "Merlin said your plan won't succeed because technology can't defeat Tiamat—not even that guy."

"To hell with Merlin, what does he know? Just wait and watch. Once I win, I’ll strip Merlin of his staff and clothes. How's the Sword Formation training coming along?"

"We’re still adjusting. Gilgamesh said he’d take action."

"Where’s the staff?"

"I’ve replaced it with the latest magic, and the power is sufficient."

"No one slipped through the cracks?"

"No."

"Good, but something’s off. Tiamat’s power has appeared, yet her main body hasn't shown up yet."

Fujimaru Kaede was perplexed. Nearly two months had passed—monsters and gods had appeared, but Tiamat still hadn’t descended. Instead, Demonic Beasts roamed the streets.

She had sent scouts to find the Demonic Beasts nests and even dropped two nuclear bombs on them. Many Demonic Beasts died, but Tiamat remained absent. Merlin looked like he knew something, but always just laughed when asked.

As for the underwater exploration? The submarine had been deployed, but nothing was found—not even a monster beneath the sea.

"..."

Anna opened her mouth but closed it again. Fujimaru Ritsuka asked curiously, "Is there a problem with any of the steps?"

"No? Anyway, I’ve been enjoying the monster fighting these days."

Others called him the Wise King, but to Fujimaru Kaede, he was just a big treasure trove.

But right now, the issue wasn’t with the name—it was with her inability to locate Tiamat, or even the creator of the monsters.

Mash couldn’t help but complain, "Could Tiamat be... waiting for us?"

Fujimaru Kaede waved her hand dismissively. "How could that be? I’m also a human savior. Why would she wait for you?"

Just as she was venting, Leonidas half-knelt before Fujimaru Kaede. "Master! A super-large heroic spirit has appeared."

"Ah? It appeared? Let me see. Hi, old acquaintance! You've been wandering around us for over half a month, returning empty-handed, but now you’ve come? This means the plan can finally begin."

Fujimaru Kaede rushed forward. Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash exchanged looks before following her.

When they reached the city wall, a colossal figure emerged among the swarm of monsters in the distance. At that moment, Chaldea's Romani contacted them.

"The interference in this world is so strong. How's the situation over there?"

Fujimaru Kaede replied, "I’ve already regrouped with Ritsuka. Look at this—it's been harassing us for a while. Its immortality is too strong, and I don’t want to use our trump card yet."

"What? Let me see? Immortality... the mother's womb..."

Romani’s voice crackled for a moment before he responded, "I'm sure. This isn’t it. Hey, can you hear it?"

Fujimaru Kaede observing through a telescope replied, "I can’t hear it, and I can’t see it either. Just tell me who it is."

"Based on the spiritual foundation, it’s Gorgon."

Everyone around heard the voice, and after it spoke, it was clear that Anna’s mood had shifted. Fujimaru Kaede sighed.

"Ah! How boring. I thought it was a clone of Tiamat."

Romani then reminded them, "It’s not a clone. If my guess is correct, she temporarily obtained Tiamat’s power and put Tiamat into a sleeping state."

"Really smart."

Merlin who had suddenly appeared confirmed Romani’s assessment.

Merlin turned to Fujimaru Kaede. "Tiamat was temporarily put to sleep by me, and Gorgon obtained some of Tiamat’s power. If she dies, Tiamat will find out what I’ve done. The magic and technology you have are incredible, but I can tell you clearly that these methods won’t be enough to deal with Tiamat—or Gorgon. They’re both immortal, and this method won’t kill them."

"I know."

Fujimaru Kaede said indifferently, "But I have a way to deal with them, a method you’ll never think of."

Sword of the Cosmos. This weapon was something she and her team had worked for more than a month to acquire, spending a considerable amount of resources to obtain it. It could only be used once in reality and had the power to kill the Goddess of Creation.

However, Liu Yuan had emphasized that this weapon should be used only after weakening the enemy. While it had the power to kill gods, its effectiveness would be minimal if the enemy had other ways to resist.

To weaken Tiamat, Fujimaru Kaede also prepared a big treasure—the Command Block. In addition to this, she spent a lot of money preparing other stabilizing measures.

Merlin sighed. "You just need to keep it in your heart."

"In fact, I have no doubts, but it’s not a problem. I have money."

"Can money kill Tiamat?"

This was the question Merlin had always been puzzled by. Since Fujimaru Kaede came to this world, her most common phrase was: "I have money."

Merlin also knew that many heroes’ Noble Phantasms had been stolen by Fujimaru Kaede.

And this wasn’t just simple theft—she took them conceptually.

Even if they returned to the Throne of Heroes, the Noble Phantasms couldn’t be recovered. Fortunately, these weapons would return to their rightful owners after one or two days.

However, these Noble Phantasms were strong and valuable, and if money could kill Tiamat, Tiamat would cry to death, right?

But in reality, Fujimaru Kaede wasn’t boasting. A smile crept across her face.

"Merlin, the eras have changed. As someone from the old era, you need to learn to embrace the new era!"

Why hadn’t Fujimaru Kaede taken action yet?

Not only was she waiting for equipment, but also for teammates. While she was confident in her ability to fight alone, she wasn’t sure about defense.

But now, with Mash, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and Jalter present, she was ready to give it a try.

Looking at Gorgon approaching, Fujimaru Kaede pulled out a megaphone and shouted, "I’m waiting for teammates—what are you waiting for? Waiting to die?"

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Chapter 323: Gods and Gorgon

"I'm waiting for my teammates. What are you waiting for? Waiting to die?"

"Pass my order! Everyone retreat to the building. Activate the Iron Curtain device!"

Following Fujimaru Kaede's order, the huge iron curtain device in the middle of the city was activated. All humans in the royal city hid in their rooms. The iron curtain covered the entire city, and ordinary attacks would not be able to cause trouble.

This was not to resist the gods but a suggestion from Liu Yuan.

According to Liu Yuan, when summoning the Devourer of Gods, it would attack all enemies indiscriminately. However, it would prioritize attacking selectable units, and the city protected by the iron curtain device would be judged as an unselectable unit, preventing it from becoming the target of the Devourer of Gods or even the Supreme Calamitas.

Additionally, the iron curtain device was also intended to resist the upcoming fierce attack. The same applied to the Sword Formation. The modified Sword Formation had become a special protective barrier capable of protecting the entire city.

As the city was protected, Mash and Fujimaru Ritsuka exchanged glances. Although they felt that it was still a little unstable, there was no other choice.

"Mash!"

"It's ready, Senpai. By the way, Senpai, according to the doctor's confirmation, as long as it is killed, Tiamat can be summoned. We are ready for it."

Mash took out a few items: Supreme Calamitas, Astrum Deus, and Primodial Worm Summoning Items. In addition, Fujimaru Kaede also produced a command block, which she had bought with a huge amount of money.

According to Liu Yuan's suggestion, when Tiamat appears, the command block should be used to block Tiamat's authority and imbue her with the concept of death, then weaken Tiamat through a special debuff. Finally, the Sword of the Cosmos would be used to complete the harvest.

The command block was tricky to use. At least two people were required to operate it simultaneously, and the operators needed to be familiar with the Minecraft commands. Considering the need for someone to stay on guard, at least three people were necessary.

Fujimaru Kaede had waited this long only for her teammates; otherwise, she would have already begun.

She remembered her contract with Gilgamesh to protect everyone. Just to be safe, she had some Senzu Beans on hand. Everyone in Uruk had ten Senzu Beans.

Of course, Fujimaru Kaede would collect the uneaten ones afterward.

With the Iron Curtain protection activated, Fujimaru Kaede raised the purple worm-like object in her hand. Since it was confirmed that this creature was the key to summoning it, Fujimaru Kaede raised her hand and used the purple worm-like object when everyone had gathered.

"Come out! Devourer of Gods."

In the distance, Gorgon sensed something and looked toward the royal city in the sky.

"What is this?"

What did she see? A huge purple worm appeared in the air.

"You are not a god... but your soul is still my feast!"

"I am! The Mother Goddess of Creation!"

Looking at the enormous worm that had suddenly appeared and denied her existence, Gorgon tried to resist.

The Devourer of Gods, the moment it appeared, made all the creatures on the ground tremble.

"What is this?" Anna's voice was filled with fear.

Even Gilgamesh felt his soul tremble when he saw this enormous purple insect-like creature.

"You will die. If you are eaten by this creature, you will die."

"Ah? The Devourer of Gods, according to the setting, gods are just food in its mouth."

"Master, how can you summon such being?"

"Use this. I killed this creature many times before to make equipment."

"Many times?" Anna's little head was shocked. From the aura alone, it might even be able to defeat the so-called Olympus gods in a one-on-one fight.

"And this guy is very strong. Its mouth has the ability to give creatures the concept of death."

Romani who was affected by the other side, was also amazed after hearing it: "I just heard about it, but I still feel its horror after seeing it with my own eyes."

"It's okay, this is just the beginning. I prepared a big gift package for Tiamat."

Not to mention Tiamat, Gorgon was also amazed when she saw the huge worm that had suddenly appeared. But she had a bolder idea: using this worm as material to create a more powerful monster.

Gorgon's body was huge, but her speed was very fast. However, compared to the Devourer of Gods, her speed was like that of a worm.

After eating a part of her body, it taunted her

'Oh? Does it hurt?'

The Devourer of Gods' head pierced through half of Gorgon's body, and half of her body instantly became its food.

"Ah!!!"

Even the civilians hiding in Uruk's rooms could hear the scream clearly.

This was the pain of the gods. Even Ereshkigal in the underworld subconsciously trembled when she heard the sound.

She turned off the live video because she felt the big bug had stared at her when she looked at the scene just now.

She turned the screen to Fujimaru Kaede.

"Help! Help! Help! I can feel that guy wants to eat me."

Eresh was not sure if she could subdue this thing in the underworld because it gave her the feeling that it existed to eat gods.

"Don't worry, it will definitely die."

The Devourer of Gods was very powerful, but its weaknesses were also very obvious. Large-scale attacks could target every node of its body. As long as the output was high enough, it could be destroyed instantly.

However, Gorgon was obviously not someone who could destroy it instantly. She was swallowed by the Devourer of Gods after only three bites.

When the last of Gorgon's flesh was devoured, a cry of "delicious..." echoed.

It made both people and gods tremble. However, all this was just the beginning. With Gorgon's death, something more powerful and terrifying appeared in the sea.

Fujimaru Kaede muttered to herself, "Is this power... Tiamat?"

Feeling a stronger force, the Devourer of Gods rushed forward.

However, when it reached the sea, a giant hand grabbed it and killed it's upper half in an instantly.

"Do you think... you can kill... me!?"

Devourer of Gods once again rammed Tiamat, but this time the collision did not cause any particularly effective damage, only a small injury.

At this point, Romani began to explain: "No, it is one of the seven evils of mankind, the beast with the principle of 'regression.' This kind of power can't defeat it at all. Damn it!"

While speaking, Tiamat on the sea summoned countless black creatures, which rammed into the body of the Devourer of Gods. In just a dozen seconds, the arrogant Devourer of Gods died.

At this time, Tiamat also made a sound, and the strange cry caused the black tide to flood the land. Wherever the tide touched, it became a disaster. All life disappeared, leaving only the black tide.

This is the Goddess of Creation. Only the true King of Demon Gods can have the ability to match it. But...

However, Mash spoke at this time: "Senpai, are you going to use that?"

"Are you ready?"

"Ready!"

"Then let's use it together!"

The three of them took out the summoning items at the same time.

There is a special restriction on the summons to summon the boss. Each person can only use one summon at a time. Only when the summoned creature disappears or dies can the person summon again.

At the same time, there can only be one summon per person in a world, which is another reason why Fujimaru Kaede had been waiting for everyone. Mash's invincible defense, Fujimaru Ritsuka's Senzu beans, and the summons used by the three of them.

The three were ready, but before using the summons, Fujimaru Kaede arranged the final funeral.

"We are going to kill the gods. We can't protect you during the process. Pay attention to safety. Don't die, not even one person!"

Chapter 324: Tiamat, Command Block, and Witherzilla

Fujimaru Kaede has no conscience. She cares about no one but the treasures in the King's Treasury.

That's right! She openly said exactly what she wanted.

"Let's act!"

The Chaldea Internet Cafe trio began to act, and the three of them summoned special creatures simultaneously.

At that moment, the beings in this singularity heard three special notifications.

"The Supreme Calamitas has awakened."

"The Astrum Deus has awakened."

"The Primodial Worm has awakened."

The two giants appeared in the sky. With their appearance, countless black entities enveloped them in an attempt to convert them into resources.

However, when they were about to act, they found themselves isolated outside.

The Supreme Calamitas’s special power forcibly locks the enemy within a specified range. If the locked enemy leaves that range, the Supreme Calamitas will enter a violent state.

This is not a war of humans, but a war of gods.

However, this is just the appetizer they prepared; the main course is still the command block.

The command block is an item that can truly alter the rules of the world.

The three of them quickly made their way toward Tiamat. At this time, three Terraria bosses were fighting the Goddess of Creation. But unfortunately, while these bosses are very strong in Terraria, against the Goddess of Creation, they only provided a minor inconvenience for Tiamat.

Especially Supreme Calamitus, whose soul attacks and relentless barrage greatly distressed Tiamat.

The battle continued, while Fujimaru Kaede and Fujimaru Ritsuka below began to input commands into the command block.

Soul sand and wither skulls were placed on the ground, and the command block was set beneath the wither skull at the center.

There were two commands in total: one to forcibly change the permissions of a specific unit, and the other to activate the command block and summon this special wither.

The reason two people need to operate the command block simultaneously is simple.

First, the closer the command block is to the target, the better the effect. If the distance is too great, it may fail when facing an entity of the Goddess of Creation’s level. For safety, Fujimaru Kaede chose the safest solution.

When using the altering command, Tiamat will definitely target them. The command block may be destroyed in an instant. Therefore, when one person enters the selected command, the other must activate the summoning command to let Witherzilla descend into this world.

Now, the sounds of the battle outside gradually faded, and the black tide began to envelop the area where the three were.

"Ritsuka. Are you ready?"

"Ready."

"Countdown three times. When I reach one, activate the commands simultaneously. We only have one chance."

"Trust me."

"Okay!"

Input command: /gamemode Hardcore Survival @Tiamat

Effect: All entities in the specified unit or world will perish, even the Goddess of Creation will become an ordinary lifeform.

Input command: /Summon Witherzilla.

Effect: Consume one Destiny Block, three withering skulls, and three soul sands to summon Witherzilla.

Even the system cannot create a real Witherzilla; this is just a projection with about half its strength. But even so, this Witherzilla is enough to threaten the Goddess of Creation.

What's more, at the moment the command is used, Tiamat’s body in this world is no longer that of a god.

At this moment, it’s unclear if the god will bleed, but Tiamat will.

A massive withering force emerged at the original location, and Fujimaru Kaede and Fujimaru Ritsuka, having already taken Mash, used Chaos Teleport to quickly escape. All the previous summoning was merely to attract Tiamat.

Neither Fujimaru Kaede nor Liu Yuan was arrogant enough to think that the so-called Devourer of Gods or Sword of the Cosmos would suffice.

There is only one truly safe way: force Tiamat out of her divine authority through game commands.

Simply put, she now has a health bar.

At this point, summon a Goddess of Creation or a unit second only to the Goddess of Creation to fight her, and finally use Sword of the Cosmos to defeat her.

Because they knew this was not a battle between humans, but between gods.

Everyone watched, including Goetia. The moment he saw Witherzilla, he was stunned. Even he felt weak in the presence of Tiamat.

But in an instant, Tiamat was forcibly imbued with the concept of death. Even at that moment, all her spiritual foundations were given the concept of death. Additionally, Tiamat, who had the concepts of beast and god, was also given the concept of human.

What kind of power is this? Power that he has never seen before! What if this power turns on him?

At this moment, Goetia felt the possibility of failure.

The most important thing he had to do now was not to annihilate human reason, but to hide. He understood that the Counter Force was at work. But it didn’t matter; as long as he was clever enough, he could still win after completely burning Chaldea. He just needed to be patient a little longer.

He admitted he was careless. He hadn’t expected Chaldea to summon this kind of a level of power. The projection alone possessed the same or even more power than Tiamat. It was hard to imagine how terrifying the full entity would be.

In Uruk, Gilgamesh suddenly regretted signing a contract with Fujimaru Kaede, as he could feel that she and her group had summoned a being capable of truly destroying the world.

This power cannot be fully measured, but it is still enough to destroy such a world.

However, Witherzilla cannot destroy the world, as the instruction provided by Liu Yuan was for it to disappear automatically after killing the designated target. That is why Fujimaru Kaede had to wait until the real Tiamat appeared.

She doesn’t know what Tiamat looks like, and she can’t afford to fail without precise coordinates.

Waiting two months, waiting for teammates, and resolving Tiamat at the safest possible moment—that was her plan.

In addition, she was also prepared to transform into Shining Tiga!

Of course, this isn’t the most stable option. She has contacted Liu Yuan. After the store closes today, Liu Yuan will focus his attention here. If she fails, Liu Yuan will take action personally.

The command block has been successfully activated. It is no longer impossible to kill Tiamat using the MC World mod.

However, the smoothness of the situation surpassed Fujimaru Kaede’s expectations.

Witherzilla... was killing relentlessly.

At this moment, the sky darkened completely, and countless lightning bolts struck Tiamat amidst the storm.

The strange black creatures surrounding her also perished instantly.

Countless withered skulls rained down on Tiamat, but all of her attacks were blocked by the lightning.

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Chapter 325: Fujimaru Wants to Support the Elderly

Feeling that the time was right, Fujimaru took a deep breath.

"Everyone, it's time to act. Remember, quick victory!"

"Yes!"

"Understood."

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash nodded simultaneously.

Once again, for safety’s sake, Fujimaru threw in all the money she had earned from robbing heroes in recent days. Not only did she throw it in, but she also owed a lot of debt.

The Command Block was provided as a friendly gift. The other summons were mere consumables to delay Tiamat.

Although Witherzilla was the trump card, Fujimaru didn’t mind having more.

So, while Witherzilla and Tiamat fought, Fujimaru took out Rhongomyniad, which had been taken from the King of Knights at the Sixth Singularity. Since it couldn’t be traded, she had kept it for the time being.

However, with the help of the system, she could use the complete version of the Holy Lance once a day.

No more nonsense! Unleash the Noble Phantasm toward Tiamat.

Shining Spear of the End!

Restrictions? There are no such things. In the internet cafe, you can solve them by paying money. Each release of a Noble Phantasm costs one million. To be safe, Fujimaru Kaede ruthlessly paid the fee.

The Holy Spear was enveloped in lightning, but even so, Fujimaru Kaede still felt uneasy. As mentioned before, the enemy was a Goddess of Creation. When facing gods, it’s crucial to use every available means.

For this reason, Fujimaru Kaede, Fujimaru Ritsuka, and Mash took out the transformation devices at the same time.

"Tiga!"

"Dyna!"

"Gaia!!!"

Their final forms, costing 500,000 per second, appeared. The three of them did not hesitate and immediately transformed into their strongest forms to unleash their most powerful abilities against Tiamat.

Not even Tiamat, but even the Counter Force was shocked by their cautiousness.

Is this still Fujimaru Kaede? Is she still the Fujimaru Kaede who devours the brave and starves the timid, contemplating suicide every day over the Heroic Spirit's Noble Phantasm by stealing them?

Remember, Fujimaru Kaede was ruthless enough to snatch weapons from the purple old woman, strip the black dog of all his clothes, and seize the Holy Spear directly. Now, all of a sudden, she is this cautious?

This is neither scientific nor magical.

Meanwhile, Liu Yuan had been sweating. He had been prepared for Fujimaru Kaede to unleash the force of thunder if the operation failed, not to mention the complete form of Chaos Decay and Withering.

Then, he would use all the god-killing powers from various games. If that still didn’t work, he could only escape with the person. After all, she was a customer of the internet cafe and currently owed tens of millions. If the person died, the debt would be gone.

When Chaldea used these abilities, the Temple of Time where Solomon resided was completely hidden in the timeline.

Solomon wanted to destroy human reason, but he wasn’t stupid. He knew this wasn’t a force he could deal with.

Be steady, wait until Chaldea is completely burned, and the winner will still be himself.

That’s why King Solomon had not acted so far. Whether it was recklessness or cowardice, he was confident of victory. But now, he was about to lose, so he had to retreat.

When Fujimaru Kaede finally drew Sword of the Cosmos, Tiamat’s fate was sealed. This sword was as ordinary as any weapon in the hands of an ordinary person, but it was the final straw that broke the camel’s back for Tiamat.

"Ah!!!!"

With Tiamat’s miserable cry, her body vanished. As the mission target disappeared, Witherzilla also vanished at that moment.

"Win! Great!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka didn’t feel anything real, but Fujimaru Kaede had actually spent nearly two months in this world. All this time and money just for that King's Treasury. If the golden Gate of Babylon wasn’t valuable, she would cry her eyes out.

But as she was about to return and take her own King's Treasury, she suddenly noticed that the surroundings had changed.

She was now in a world full of light, and her abilities… were sealed?

"Ah?"

Fujimaru Kaede didn’t panic but curiously looked around.

"Where is this?"

Just when she was confused, she noticed a figure. No, not a person, but the Tiamat from earlier.

"Oh! It's you."

"I gave birth to many lives and was loved by all beings, but my children have always stayed away from me, using me as a springboard to flee. I just want to love them all the time..."

Tiamat’s voice was tinged with grievance. She didn’t understand why her children had to leave her and why they treated her this way. Was it something she did wrong?

"Hiss..."

Fujimaru Kaede felt her brain overload a little. What was she talking about? What love or not?

Now, she had no external help and couldn’t contact Liu Yuan through TT. But…

Fujimaru Kaede decided to abandon her rationality and put it aside. Her body moved, and she jumped into Tiamat’s arms.

"Come with me, ah! So fragrant! So soft, hey! How about you come with me?"

"Hey?"

Now it was Tiamat's turn to be confused.

She fell into deep thought, but soon Fujimaru noticed her body was disappearing.

"Boss! You’re watching me, right? Can I take her with me?"

When she asked this, a portal made of obsidian appeared in the space.

"Sure enough, though the old predecessor’s method is outdated, it’s still useful in this extreme situation. Wait, what’s going on? You want to take her with you?"

"Yes! I want to keep her!"

Looking at Fujimaru, who was tightly hugging Tiamat, Liu Yuan fell into deep thought.

He vaguely remembered that when the internet cafe first opened, Fujimaru was like a normal person, but now… she was a nymphomaniac?

Tiamat was still confused, while Fujimaru Kaede said in a sad tone, "The child leaves the mother because they grow up. I am old now, and I just want to support my mother in her old age."

Liu Yuan just stared at her without saying anything.

Did she want to support her? She was clearly just greedy for Tiamat’s body.

However, Liu Yuan still turned his gaze to Tiamat. "According to the rules, Fujimaru Kaede has invited you. May I ask, would you like to live in the world where this lady resides, day by day?"

"Can I...?"

"Yes, but your power will be limited."

"I... can."

Tiamat wanted to protect humans, but she was saddened by the fact that they didn’t need her.

Yet, Fujimaru did need her. In this case, she’d simply pamper the child who needed her.

Strength… wasn’t important. As long as she could be with Fujimaru, she’d be happy.

"Don't worry! Mom! I will be filial to you."

Liu Yuan didn’t know how to feel. Just minutes ago, they were fighting and killing, but after entering the spiritual world and communicating deeply, Fujimaru had become the other party’s daughter. Was she really trying to be filial? Probably not…

Forget it. That’s this world’s business. As an internet cafe owner, there are only three things to do: attract customers, ensure their safety, and trick them into spending more money.

If a customer invites you to go online and is willing to pay, the internet cafe owner won’t stop you.

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Chapter 326: The Chaldean Asylum Imagination

Consciousness returned to reality. With the death of Tiamat, the singularity was beginning to repair itself.

"Wait, the singularity is being repaired?"

Fujimaru Kaede suddenly remembered that after a singularity was resolved, it would be repaired very quickly, and anyone not from this era would be expelled.

"My treasure!!!"

Fujimaru Kaede suddenly recalled that the Noble Phantasms in the King’s Treasury hadn’t been taken. Just as she was about to go back, Liu Yuan sent her a message.

"I've taken the King's Treasure for you. Do whatever you want with it."

"Okay!!"

Fujimaru Kaede was confident in Liu Yuan’s character. After all, he was her savior, and she trusted him deeply.

That's right! There was something important she needed to do before the singularity was restored.

In the royal city, Merlin leaned against the wall, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"I didn’t expect that she could actually solve it. But what was that guy? An Outer God? Or something else? Never mind, it doesn’t matter. I can rest for a while. And that giant... it turned out to be... cough, cough..."

If Tiga and Dyna had given him a warm feeling, then when the third Ultraman, Gaia, appeared, he almost thought he was blind.

Gaia wouldn’t interfere in these things, so why would they use that power?

Not to mention Merlin, even the TYPEMOON Gaia was confused. It appears that Gaia really did possess the power of the earth.

"Hehehe."

Fujimaru Kaede’s voice suddenly appeared beside Merlin, and he turned to look at her.

"What's wrong? Are you laughing at me?"

"No!"

Fujimaru Kaede leaned in and whispered, "You said before that I couldn’t solve Tiamat, right?"

"Sorry, I was wrong. I'll make amends when we meet again."

Merlin's body was fading away, but at that moment, Fujimaru Kaede snatched the staff from his hand.

"Now, this is mine."

She reached out again and tore off Merlin’s clothes.

"This is also mine, and I raised Fou and Tiamat, so don’t worry about it."

"..."

Merlin’s body completely vanished in astonishment.

Meanwhile, Merlin, far away in Avalon looked at the disappearing staff and clothes in his hand, completely dumbfounded.

"Can her concept of plunder... affect the real body? Does that mean... wait, what did she just say? She’s going to raise Tiamat?"

As a magician who knew the secrets of countless worlds, Merlin was stunned. When he considered this possibility, a mysterious bill appeared in his hand.

He was speechless. Now he had to redeem what had been stolen. This felt unjust. No, even justice had helped deliver the bill. What could he do?

After completing the task, Fujimaru nodded with satisfaction. She had wanted to rob Merlin for such a long time. Now that Merlin admitted his mistake, it proved that he was wrong, and the stuff now belonged to her.

Perfect closed loop.

Looking at Merlin’s staff, she was a little disappointed—it was only worth a little over 100,000.

"Forget it. A mosquito leg is still meat. Thanks for the reward, Merlin!"

After completing the task, Fujimaru was ready to return to Chaldea. This had been a great harvest for her—an entire king’s treasury, a loli, and a mother. Money and sex—Fujimaru was so rich she could barely stand up straight.

But as she looked at the disappearing body, Fujimaru sighed.

"Sure enough, no matter how many times I try, I feel that Spiritron transfer is no match for the teleportation method in the Internet cafe. Goodbye to this world."

As she spoke her last farewell, Gilgamesh’s laughter and the final farewell from the underworld echoed around her.

"We will see you again."

Thanks to Fujimaru Kaede, the underworld now had flowers. Though they weren’t beautiful and were square in shape, they brought the breath of life to the desolate underworld.

In addition, Eresh couldn’t help but remember Fujimaru Kaede’s words from that night.

"What? Aren’t there flowers in the underworld?"

"Are there?"

"Yes, right in front of me, the entire underworld. No! It's the most dazzling and beautiful flower in this world."

This confession-like scene would never be forgotten by Eresh, especially the serious look in Fujimaru Kaede's eyes, which made Eresh sure that she would find her in the future.

Back in Chaldea's central hall, Romani was preparing to welcome everyone back when the alarm suddenly went off.

"What happened? Why is this happening? Is this spiritual base... Tiamat?"

Romani was stunned. Wasn’t Tiamat defeated by Fujimaru Kaede? Why was Tiamat appearing in Chaldea? What about the Counter Force? If they didn’t care about the disappearance of human reason, would they care about Tiamat coming here directly?

Meanwhile in the central hall, Fujimaru Kaede who had returned looked at the familiar environment and couldn’t help but sigh.

"Familiar Chaldea, from today on, you’ll follow me. I’ll take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks, and no one in the whole Chaldea will dare stop us."

Da Vinci couldn’t help but complain after hearing this: "Who dares stop you? The last person who tried was stripped by you, leaving only his underwear."

"Yeah."

Tiamat looked at the girl beside her, surrounded by many children she wanted to love. But she knew those children had grown up and didn’t need her anymore.

However, Fujimaru Kaede was different. Fujimaru needed her and wanted to take care of her.

Just like a mother takes care of her children, an elderly mother also needs her children to take care of her. In this case, Tiamat decided to let Fujimaru take care of her, without thinking about anything else.

Fou nearby sniffed Tiamat’s scent and happily jumped on her.

"Good baby~"

Now two of the seven beasts were in Chaldea, and they got along so harmoniously. Romani didn’t know what to say.

"Hehe, I’ll believe it if you say Fujimaru can capture Goetia in the future."

Listening to Romani’s complaints, Da Vinci smiled and said, "Who knows? Maybe the others will all appear in Chaldea in the future. But at that point, what will Chaldea be? A human rescue agency, or a human disaster shelter?"

"Don’t say that! If that happens, this place could turn into a human destruction agency."

Romani knew a lot of things. For example, if Tiamat went berserk in the real world, even if the Counter Force took action, it could destroy a large portion of the city.

In the future, if there were a few more beasts, the Counter Force might even end up scaring itself.

Actually, Gaia wasn’t afraid. It sensed the emergence of power from the same origin and made a backup copy of this power. But their head was still buzzing now.

Alaya could only pray that Fujimaru Kaede was still human, hoping that Fujimaru would be a good daughter.

Although her "daughter" attributes weren’t quite right, Alaya didn’t mind much.

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Chapter 327: Shop Upgrade

On the second day, as soon as Fujimaru Kaede arrived at the Internet cafe, she was quickly dragged into a small, dark room by Liu Yuan.

"Boss! There are a lot of things in the treasury, right?"

"Very much! The value of these items can no longer be simply counted."

The entire Gate of Babylon contains the prototypes of all the treasures in the world, including weapons forged and used by gods. It even holds EA. While it has general destructive power in the real world, if it encounters a barrier or a weaker dimensional world, it’s essentially a killer.

"Sell them all! I want to be a rich woman!"

This statement nearly caused Liu Yuan to lose control of his desires. After all, he was promised 40% of the profits.

With just 40%, he could get at least hundreds of millions, but Liu Yuan managed to control his urge for the money, as the items in the King's Treasury were far too precious.

"I don't recommend selling everything. Let me help you sort out some really practical items. Keep these, along with gems, food, and similar things. Sell most of the rest. After paying off the money you owe, the remaining money should be enough for you to face enemies like Tiamat a few more times."

"All right, boss."

Fujimaru Kaede sold most of the treasures and kept the rest for herself. At the same time, she threw Rhongomyniad into the King's Treasury.

Based on her observations, many of the Noble Phantasms left by Liu Yuan were light cannon treasures. Since she wasn’t the original owner, she could only use them to execute a light cannon attack once a day. However, even that was enough.

With so many Noble Phantasms, she could keep going all day.

With his share of the King's Treasury, the entire Internet cafe now had more than 200 million. Liu Yuan didn’t hesitate for a moment and used all the money to purchase machines, allowing all the Ex-Machinas to successfully access the Internet.

Additionally, after Fanlou’s invitation, besides the Ex-Machinas and humans, a large number of players from the other fourteen races in the game life world also poured into the Internet cafe.

Now, their world had started to develop, and under the guidance of Schwi, Rick, and Fanlou, they set their sights on the sea of stars. Those willing to develop alongside them were pulled in.

As a result, there were more than enough machines to replenish.

At this moment, Liu Yuan received a notification from the system that a large number of tasks had been completed.

"Congratulations to the host, the daily income of one million has been completed, and the monthly discount game +1."

"Congratulations to the host, the daily income of ten million has been completed, and the upper limit price for game purchases has been reduced to 100 million."

"Congratulations to the host, the daily income of a small goal has been completed. All the games that have been cleared will unlock self-made mod permissions after the highest difficulty is cleared, and more world anchors will be unlocked. Please pay attention, host! Some worlds are highly aggressive, so please resist external invasions."

"The company host has passed the probation period. From now on, the Internet cafe will be responsible for its own profits and losses. Please operate the Internet cafe reasonably, don’t neglect your duties, and don’t indulge in women."

At this moment, Liu Yuan felt confused, overwhelmed by so much information. Not to mention him, Hitomi’s eyes were completely dull at this time. The plan left by the superiors was to unlock various permissions bit by bit.

However, they also considered that Liu Yuan’s character might explode and unlock a large number of permissions.

Hitomi never expected Liu Yuan to move so fast. The weapons, items, and materials in the King's Treasury weren’t particularly valuable individually, but they were abundant.

This Noble Phantasm almost collects all the treasures in the world from its creation to Gilgamesh. About half of all the treasures in the world are in it.

Being able to obtain this proved Liu Yuan’s means—whether it’s his connections or the favor of customers, these things had reached the minimum standard for Liu Yuan to act on his own.

Liu Yuan sorted through the information, but as he looked at it, he couldn’t help but show a helpless expression.

How should he put it? Originally, he was an employee helping the boss run the company. The profit belonged to the company and the loss to the boss. Although he was still an employee, the boss had dumped the company on him. Now, the Internet cafe belonged to him. He could do whatever he wanted, and all the profits were his, but he also had to bear his own profits and losses.

If he didn’t manage things well, negative assets or even bankruptcy could become a reality.

In short, he had passed the novice protection period, but future development would be more troublesome.

At the same time, he finally understood why the game purchase price was eventually capped at 100 million. Once he could earn 100 million, the daily income would just exceed the expenditure.

Starting today, the number of people in the Internet cafe would be maintained at around 30,000 per day. Just the daily Internet consumption would be 18 million. Considering that some would make value-added purchases, the daily income of 20 million would be easy to achieve.

It appears that buying a game every five days was very good.

But when factoring in the expenses, it was very good to save 500 to 100 million per day.

The expenditure wasn’t just the Internet fees but also the cost of each person’s crossing. For example, in a world with people cooperating, the cost of crossing was low—only one or two hundred could solve the problem. But in a world without in-depth cooperation, one person might require four or five hundred.

There were also the food, clothing, and daily expenses for himself and his employees, the maintenance costs for various games and software, and the monthly rent for each store—all astronomical figures. Now, food was absolutely profitable, since the cost of making food was just a few cents, while the selling price was 20. Other profit points were very low, but unlike regular store openings, he made money no matter what.

Overall, as long as the number of Internet users in each branch stayed above 100 per day, it could cover the expenses for employees and himself. If he wanted to make more money, he needed to attract more people.

If he wanted to release a new game every day, he’d have to expand his customer base with more worlds and more players.

"I really hope there will be more Fujimaru Kaedes like this!"

Seeing this, Liu Yuan sighed. If there were more people like Fujimaru Kaede who could make money and were willing to give him a 40% share of a large profit, he wouldn’t have to do anything and could just play games one by one.

There were countless games in various worlds. Let alone playing one a day, it would be easy to play one a day.

It’s a pity that now that the store had become his own and he was responsible for its profits and losses, many things took longer to prepare.

However, there was an advantage to this. Although he had more responsibilities, he also had more power. He had the right to bargain, and he could freely adjust the prices of items in the Internet cafe.

But Liu Yuan was too lazy to change the prices. They had probably been carefully considered by his boss, and if he changed them randomly, he would have no place to complain if it affected the customer base.

But that was all for the future. After expanding the machines and customer base, Liu Yuan still had a little money left. The current purchase price of a game was just 20.48 million, and the remaining money was more than enough to buy two more games.

Now, he had to think about which games to add to the Internet cafe.

With a customer flow of about 30,000, it should be possible to offer some stand-alone games alongside the online ones.

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Chapter 328: Job Takeover and Red Riqi (Addition)

Liu Yuan was now responsible for his own profits and losses, so he couldn’t afford to make mistakes like before. At the same time, someone needed to take over his position.

Kisara? Forget it. This idiot is always trying to mess things up. He'd have to take her with him every day to prevent her from making mistakes. If he gave her the main responsibilities, she’d ruin everything. It’s much easier to just keep her with him.

Leave it to the system? Not suitable.

Hitomi is a system, so it’s enough to assign her as the store manager. As a system, she can only handle simple tasks. If she messes up again, her boss will probably terminate her.

The result was clear: he need new employees.

"System, recruit a new employee and assign them the position of store manager for the main store, as per the old rules."

"Yes."

The system understood that Liu Yuan’s current identity made him unsuitable to be a store manager, even for the main store.

He was now a true boss.

The primary responsibility of a boss wasn’t to interact with customers, but to provide a clear direction for the entire Internet cafe. Although customers were chosen by each world, communication with other worlds was cumbersome and energy-draining. When Liu Yuan completed all the basic tasks and became the store manager, he entered the realm of rule-based communication rather than physical interaction.

But that wasn’t a problem. The system believed it could help him handle it.

Time passed, and a newcomer arrived at the door of the Internet cafe.

"This is..."

Makise Kurisu looked around, confused. She remembered that she was about to enter the research institute to conduct her own experiments when a voice appeared in her head, asking if she wanted to recognize the real world.

She thought it was an auditory hallucination and agreed. Then, suddenly, she found herself in this strange environment.

At the door of Branch No. 3, Hitomi looked at the newcomer and greeted her. "You’re the best quality among the newcomers."

"Where is this?" Makise Kurisu asked, still disoriented.

"Didn’t the voice explain it to you?"

"The Internet cafe that connects the worlds? Impossible. Absolutely impossible!"

Another world? Traveling? An Internet cafe? Her mind was racing as she tried to make sense of it all.

"Are you trying to use science to solve the problem? That's fine. All rules can be explained by science. But unfortunately, everything you encounter here is like a child's first steps in my eyes."

"Where exactly is this place?" she asked again.

"This is a 4-S space Internet cafe," said Hitomi. "It’s both a resting point and a passage connecting various worlds."

Makise Kurisu fell silent. She looked around and was about to ask something else when Kisara approached.

Kisara looked her up and down and even pinched Makise Kurisu out of curiosity.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm a woman," Kisara said.

"A female pervert?"

"What’s wrong with being perverted?"

Makise Kurisu was caught off guard. It seemed that indecency laws only applied to the opposite sex, making it almost pointless to report misconduct among the same sex.

Just then, Liu Yuan appeared. "This is the new recruit, right?"

Kisarana nodded. "It seems so. Hitomi confirmed it."

Liu Yuan introduced himself. "I’m Liu Yuan, the owner of this store. I’d like to formally invite you to become the manager of this store."

"Oh, is there such an invitation? Forced binding?" Makise Kurisu responded, still skeptical.

Liu Yuan smiled. "No. This is a formal invitation. You confirmed your agreement, and even did so twice."

Makise Kurisu wanted to argue but recalled the voice she had heard earlier. She had agreed out of curiosity, and her expression shifted.

"I did agree to it..."

"It seems you remembered."

"Can I refuse now?"

"Of course! Our store operates with integrity. We never force anyone to buy or sell anything. If you feel it’s not right, just turn around and leave."

Just as Makise Kurisu was about to leave, Toyama Kinji from the branch removed his glasses and asked curiously, "Accelerator, your ability is vector manipulation, right? Is time also considered part of the vector? Can you control time?"

"How many times have I told you? I’m a vector manipulator! Vector! Not time!"

But Misaka Mikoto, also removing her glasses, chimed in with a complaint. "But you can't even control magic. You control primordial matter, electricity, and temperature, but you still call yourself a vector manipulator? I think your superpower is just the most obvious form of vector manipulation, right?"

Accelerator retorted, "I don’t even know what the end of the universe is. How am I supposed to know what my superpower is? Also, are you deliberately looking for trouble because you lost?"

"That’s not called losing."

"Strategic retreat?"

"Shut up!"

Misaka Mikoto sat back, and Accelerator calmly continued, "According to the principles of time machines in Red Alert, theoretically, time travel could be achieved."

Liu Yuan overheard this and moved closer. "You can’t do it. When you entered here, the timeline was locked. No matter what method or channel you try, you can't interfere with time, unless you read the file or travel to a parallel world. That’s to prevent you from being killed for other reasons. Handling world line changes and convergence is very troublesome. Some worlds don’t even have a timeline. In those, time travel wouldn’t work. But pausing or jumping through time might be possible."

Toyama Kinji asked, curious, "Then, boss, besides Red Alert, what other games deal with time-related technology? I want to see."

"Technology?" Liu Yuan responded. "In Lobotomy Corporation, the memory bank and singularity technology in that world do it."

"Thank you, boss! Lobotomy Corporation, starting now."

Toyama Kinji launched Lobotomy Corporation, and Accelerator opened it out of curiosity.

Liu Yuan sighed. "But don’t mess with time if you can avoid it. Those who play with time get treated as aliens by the world. And the future? The future is just like a light cone. What you see are things that have already happened. They have nothing to do with your own future."

While Liu Yuan was interacting with the guests, he noticed that Makise Kurisu was still standing there motionless.

"Dear guest, do you have any questions?"

"Yes! What are the benefits of working here?"

"Benefits? You can play everything. I think that’s about it."

Makise Kurisu’s mind raced. Her high IQ allowed her to quickly assess the situation. After just a few exchanges and her own observations, she realized that this was an opportunity. A real chance to interact with cutting-edge physics and possibly even learn the truth about time.

She also recalled the phrase, "The timeline has been locked." It sounded like some sort of metaphysical power, but what if it was true? If it was true, did the ability to travel through time exist in her world?

Thinking this over, she asked Liu Yuan, "If this is truly a different world, why are the physical laws here almost identical to those in the world I live in?"

Liu Yuan rolled his eyes. "How should I know? I’m just a worker. Maybe all worlds follow the same physical laws from a higher-dimensional world. After all, creating this stuff is quite troublesome."

Anyway, in the world they were currently observing, except for these extraordinary powers, all the physical rules were almost identical. According to Liu Yuan’s understanding, this was a unified template used by many worlds, with rules like DLC or mods added on top. As for where the template came from? No one knew.

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Chapter 329: In order to avoid the boss being attacked, Kisara began to attack others

After hearing the answer, Kirisu felt as if a hundred firecrackers had been stuffed in her head.

She wanted to ask something, but after a brief exchange with Liu Yuan, she finally understood why the elderly scientists she knew believed in God.

It turned out that God actually existed.

Her brain was thinking frantically, and the impact of various information made her vision blur, causing her to faint.

Kisara who had been watching from this side, lay on the front desk and whispered, "Boss, is she okay? She fainted after just a few words?"

"Her cognition was impacted. She's too smart, and she thinks too much. Her pig brain just overloaded."

"Puff!"

These words made Kisara laugh out loud.

"She has such a smart brain, but it's a pig brain? Then what is mine?"

"The head of a little fool."

"Eh~ corny."

After Kisara complained, she stood up and carried Makise Kurisu.

"She is taking over your job, right?"

"Yes, she's the newest recruit."

"Okay, then leave her to me?"

"No problem, but by the way, why are you so enthusiastic?"

Kisara picked up Princess Makise Kurisu and whispered, "Because I feel that there are some overlaps in our attributes, and I'm afraid she might seduce your heart."

"Indeed, you should be careful about this. Then I'll leave the job of education to you."

"Okay~"

After an unknown amount of time, Makise Kurisu woke up. She still felt a little headache, but she soon decided to stop thinking.

There were too many things to think about, and it wasn’t good for the brain.

"Hey, you're awake. The operation was successful."

"Where is this place?"

Makise Kurisu's voice was a little weak, but when she asked, Kisara took out a piece of chocolate and said gently, "The boss said that your brain is over-consumed when thinking. Relax your brain first. You can get everything you want to know here."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. By the way, my name is Kisara. The boss always likes to call me Ms. Demon. What's your name?"

"Makise Kurisu."

"It's a nice name."

Kisara stuck to Makise Kurisu and continued, "Don't worry, no one here will hurt you, and no one will force you to do anything. I have confirmed that you agreed to come in many times. And the boss didn't stop you from leaving."

"Yes, it's just me, but I..."

Makise Kurisu wanted to think more, but as an ordinary human, accepting too much incomprehensible knowledge all at once made her genius brain involuntarily work on its own.

Looking at the girl with a headache, Kisara stood behind her with a smile, stretched out her hand, and gently kneaded her temple.

"Let me tell you, don’t think about it for now. If you want to stay, you can stay. If you don’t want to stay, we can help you clear this painful memory, okay?"

"No!"

Makise Kurisu refused, and Kisara continued, "Be obedient, listen to me now."

Her words appears to have magic, making Makise Kurisu’s brain temporarily stop thinking and listen to Kisara’s specific story.

After listening, she understood why she came here. She wanted to become an employee of this store. As a welfare reward, she could enter various worlds to learn the knowledge and technology of each one.

A time machine... something that is only theoretically possible in reality, really exists in this Internet café. In addition, there is super-time and space transmission, cosmic technology, magic technology, and various magical powers. All here in this Internet café.

"Isn't it interesting?"

"It seems... yes."

Makise Kurisu felt her head hurt even more. Apart from other things, she couldn't understand why the time ratio was different and the same at the same time.

But at this moment, she did something that many scientists did in their later years.

"I understand, this must be God."

It’s not that her mind wasn’t clear, but there were too many things that couldn't be explained, and she couldn’t understand them. Before solving this mystery, she could only comfort herself in this way, at least to make her head hurt less for the time being.

"That is to say... as long as I work here, I can get everything I want... right? And the time ratio of working time is different from that of my world. Twelve hours of working time is equal to twelve minutes, and after get off work, the time ratio is the same or even inversely proportional, just to let me live more time in reality."

"That's right."

"Then this job... I'll take it."

Makise Kurisu took a deep breath, and she was sure this place would never let her down.

"Great."

"Thank you so much. Um, can I rely on you for a while?"

"Of course, you can rest as long as you want. There are only you and me here."

What Makise Kurisu didn’t see was that Kisara smiled at this moment, secretly laughing proudly.

"Miss Demon won! Hehe~ The newcomer must be fascinated by me, so she won’t like the bastard boss. Wahahaha."

Kisara who was proud of herself ddn't show any of these thoughts on her face.

In addition, she was even more proud that she saved money for Liu Yuan. After her own communication, the newcomer didn’t need to pay for working! Free! Pure free.

When Liu Yuan saw the newcomer agreeing and signing the contract with the system, he was completely confused.

"Although the newcomer wants to learn various technologies, it’s too good to not have to pay, right? This is the first freeloader after Kisara, right?"

Jibril doesn’t count. She was working to pay off her debts, but she was trapped in a never-ending cycle of paying more and more.

Makise Kurisu started getting familiar with the work, but it was the old veteran Takashima Yuna who helped her. Kisara wanted to get close to Liu Yuan, so Takashima Yuna avoided Liu Yuan’s behavior of inadvertently improving favorability in the early stages.

The daily work at the Internet café was not complicated—collecting money, turning on the computer, and recommending games. As far as work was concerned, Makise Kurisu even felt that the job was a bit boring.

But when she came into contact with the games, she realized she had thought too little. The so-called work during the day was actually rest, and the time after get off work was work.

The so-called game worlds made her understand them as one world after another, and she got things from this world after experiencing life in each one.

As an employee, she did not need to play these games throughly like ordinary players, but she had to understand what these game worlds represented and what could be obtained. In addition, she also found that she had developed an additional ability: she could see the rules of the world where the guests lived, and her task was to recommend suitable games based on the rules of their world and personal needs.

It was a job that truly required time to hone.

However, Makise Kurisu had confidence in herself. She also set a small goal: first, she would study the work throughly, and then try to build a... time machine?

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Chapter 330: Putting CS on the Shelves, Amiya's Training Plan

At the same time the newcomers joined, Liu Yuan also added a new game.

Currently, there are at least 30,000 online users in the Internet cafe every day. Although most of them are Ex-Machinas, there are also many ordinary people from the regular world.

Again, the games in the Internet cafe are magical, and the rewards are quite generous, but for some people with strong goals, the games still provide enough motivation to push them to their limits.

However, over time, some people who are not particularly skilled will not have an especially enjoyable gaming experience.

This time, Liu Yuan wanted to add a relatively simple game that mainly requires hand coordination and is competitive.

CS

Full name: Counter-Strike.

This game is known by almost everyone in the gaming world, whether it’s the earliest CS1.5, 1.6, CSOL, or CSGO. They are all memories of a generation.

As a shooting game, the realism of this game is much lower than that of the Rainbow Six series. But in terms of difficulty, this game can be considered very simple. All you need is quick reflexes and accuracy to succeed.

There are no complicated mechanics in the game, such as buying equipment, earning money by killing enemies, or completing mission objectives. The goal is simple: eliminate the enemy team or complete the mission.

There’s no elaborate game mode, just straightforward action, with the thrill of shooting when you encounter opponents.

To ensure fairness, a special balancing system is installed. Because Ex-Machinas are the stronger players, the number of Ex-Machinas on both sides in ranked and match-making battles is kept the same.

At the same time, this game doesn’t have real difficulty; it only offers a simple game mode designed to let most ordinary players have fun shooting.

The balance system is also perfect. Are you strong? No problem. If you’re strong enough, there are system-generated enemies whose calculation and reaction speeds surpass that of Ex-Machinas. These enemies also have special advantages, like perspective, head-locking, and tactical simulations for different races.

Weaker enemies on the other hand are easier to handle, with AI so basic that players can even enjoy the thrill of playing with weaker foes.

If you don’t want to fight? That’s fine. The game also includes some community server gameplay.

Zombies Escape: players play as zombies to infect others, and humans win if they reach a specific location or survive. There are official maps, but players can also substitute their own worlds into the design.

Hide and Seek: Real hide and seek, with unlimited fun.

Biohazard Mode: In this mode, a rampant virus spreads, and your teammates might even turn against you.

Additionally, there are various casual modes. This game can be said to be the most player-friendly game, aside from small games. After all, the survival mode also requires teamwork, and even the true zombie experience has to be considered.

And CS has no age limit. As long as you can enter the game, the system will help you become a skilled player.

Not only CS, but Liu Yuan is also considering whether the next game should be more entertaining. At the same time, considering the potential impact of launching two high-quality games at once on game sales and online player numbers, he plans to launch one game for now.

His current income and expenses need to be carefully managed, so it’s not ideal to buy all the games at once. He plans to buy games when he has enough funds for one and a half games, and the remaining money will be kept as a backup.

So, the CS game was launched.

In the main store, Amiya, who had just arrived today, looked at the newly launched games and showed a thoughtful expression.

“Shooting game? Is it similar to Rainbow Six?”

It was because of the power brought by the Internet cafe that the doctor’s rescue plan had been completed without danger a few days ago. ACE had relied on blocking and fire immunity to withstand all attacks from Tallulah and had successfully retreated.

In the following days, they had some strategic cooperation with Lungmen. Guarding Lungmen and potentially launching a raid on Chernobog were on the agenda.

In this case, new powers and knowledge are crucial.

“Ace, Closure, come with me. Let’s enter this game and see what kind of game it is.”

According to the introduction, this was a shooting game similar to Rainbow Six. Everyone in Rhodes Island could be considered very experienced in this type of game.

The special operations methods in it provided great inspiration for Rhodes Island’s tactical transformation, and even the doctor developed indescribable nostalgic feelings after experiencing it.

The game was simple: enter and match with others.

Looking at the mall for buying guns, Closure analyzed, “5v5 battles have one less person than Rainbow Six, but the rules seem simpler. There’s no professional setup, just basic combat.”

“Is the goal here to improve combat skills?”

Amiya thought seriously. She had studied every game in the Internet cafe. From Rainbow Six, which she had first encountered, to Resident Evil and Elden, which everyone had played, to Crazy Flasher and Helldiver.

From her understanding, each game had different purposes and target audiences.

The battle began. The mode adopted a seven-round format, and since normal mode was active, the teams were randomly assigned, and the camp couldn’t be selected.

Their team consisted of two Ex-Machinas, while the opponents had two Ex-Machinas and a three-member Black Team lineup.

This Black Team lineup was very familiar: Izumi Konata + Gabriel + Little Jashin.

Amiya won the battle, but it was difficult. The opponent knowing they were outmatched, resorted to sneak attacks and street fighting.

Since there were no advanced scanning methods like other games, it was harder to defend. You never knew which corner might have an enemy hiding or hanging upside down with a spray gun, or even an enemy wielding a knife.

Close-range spray guns were equally deadly to anyone.

Though they found a strategy to deal with it, the final score was 4:3.

“I feel that this game is... a bit simple,” Closure offered her opinion. “In the game, because of the limitations on physical fitness and strength, a close-range shot easily takes down an opponent. In reality, if it were that close, I could sense the enemy even from ten meters away.”

“No!” Amiya thought seriously and replied,

“For you elites, this level might feel like child’s play, but for trainees, this difficulty is just right. Besides, there are also 16v16 and 32v32 modes. Rainbow Six is better for small-scale special operations and defense, but this game is better suited for small-scale team operations. I think we need to train more in multiplayer infiltration tactics.”

Amiya had her eye on the 32-player team combat mode because she noticed an option in the game to create a map based on real-world intelligence for combat.

Now, Rhodes Island had detailed map intelligence from Chernobog, and considering the upcoming raid on the Reunion Movement members in Chernobog and the impending invasion Lungmen would face,

It would be most appropriate to conduct a pre-war simulation. But who should participate in the simulation?

Amiya thought of someone—Schwi.

If you want to improve in battle or even just have fun, playing with ordinary players is the best choice. But if you want to be overwhelmed or carried, the Ex-Machina race is undoubtedly the most suitable.

So Amiya contacted Schwi through TT, hoping to invite some Ex-Machinas from Schwi to serve as the defending side and engage in a large-scale battle simulating Chernobog.