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Chapter 411: David and Lucy's EncounterDavid and his mother returned home safely, but just returning home was not enough for him.That night, his mother went out. At the same time, he thought about what happened all night.This city is rotten. He didn't have the power to change it before, but now he seems to be able to change it, and even protect his mother.If nothing else, just for his mother... He also wants to make the security of Night City better. He needs power and reliable companions.According to the advice of the seniors in the Internet cafe, if you want to do something, it's best to bring someone you can trust. He decided to bring his mother to the Internet cafe, not for anything else, just so she could have the power to protect herself.In addition, he still has a lot of things he wants to do, the most important of which is to develop power.However, he will think about this tomorrow. He has confirmed through surveillance that Gloria is not in any danger and has returned to where they live, so he can close his eyes with peace of mind."Mom~ Good morning!""Smelly boy, I got the money for equipment maintenance. Don't let it be stolen this time, and don't use pirated software."Gloria didn't take David's words seriously. What Internet cafe, what power, this stinky boy was probably dreaming. She just regarded it as her son's comfort to her yesterday.After all, they almost died on the road yesterday."Don't worry, it's absolutely genuine."David asked Schwi if his current prosthesis could use the school system without spending money. Schwi gave a positive answer. According to Schwi's description, the software technology and hacker technology of this world are not better than the Ex-Machina at all. Therefore, no hacker or system in this world can find flaws in the things made by the Ex-Machina.He was skeptical about the original black-market prosthesis doctor, but he completely trusted the words of the Ex-Machina. Because there was a sentence in the TT forum that was recognized by everyone."In this Internet cafe, you can always trust the boss's advice, you can always trust the teachings of Political Commissar Yuri, you can always trust the technology of the Ex-Machina s, and! When you lose in LOL, the Law of Cycle will always sacrifice herself to bring you a  good gaming experience."Although it's a bit crude, these are all facts. It's even said on the forum that if the boss's advice conflicts with the following, just trust the boss without thinking, because the boss will cover you up if something goes wrong.No matter what, he chose to trust the Ex-Machinas, and the Ex-Machinas' technology is always awesome.While he was thinking on the subway, he suddenly saw the girl he saw yesterday. The girl with short white hair passed by the crowd and stole a lot of chips. He immediately reached out and grabbed the girl's wrist, and the girl named Lucy was stunned for a moment, then took David's hand in return."Come here."After dragging David to a deserted place, she asked, "What do you want to do? Are you a policeman?""I'm not."When David said this, he was suddenly held down by Lucy. Just as Lucy was about to obtain David's data through hacking technology, she suddenly widened her eyes."Who are you? Why are you humming all over?"Before she could finish her words, David held her body and blocked her mouth. David leaned over to Lucy's ear and whispered, "You don't want everyone to know that you stole the chip, do you? Hello Lucy, my name is David."David let go of Lucy, and Lucy asked in a low voice, as if she had seen something horrible. "What do you want to do? Do you want me?""You're right, I'm very interested in your ability. Do you want to cooperate?""Huh? Am I worthy of cooperating with you? Awkward 'student'."Lucy wanted to say something more serious, but she knew that she was a hostage now, and if she didn't want to be exposed, she had to say something nice.As for hacking into David's system? She felt that she couldn't do it at all.David said slowly, "To tell you the truth, I hate Arasaka. I want to destroy Arasaka and turn Night City into Dream City.""That's impossible.""Let's talk after we get off the bus."At the nearest stop, David dragged Lucy off the bus. Lucy had no intention of running away. Just a simple hack confirmed one thing: the boy in front of her was completely entirely machine.Maybe except for the brain, there was no intact flesh?What's more terrifying is that this person is still Arasaka's."Are you thinking I'm from Arasaka?""Aren't you? You're wearing Arasaka's school uniform."On the street, Lucy lit a cigarette and spoke indifferently, "Since you've caught me, you can kill me or chop me up as you please."David laughed softly, "Haha, you're such an interesting person, why should I kill you? By the way, why did you stare at Arasaka to steal? Aren't you afraid of being caught?""Isn't it a mistake? You caught me."This sentence made David's heart beat faster. Although his heart is a prosthesis, the technology of the Ex-Machina can make all the prostheses on his body react like real organs."Oh, I didn't expect you're still a rookie?""It doesn't matter what it is, why do you hate Arakawa so much?"Lucy lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said indifferently: "I hate it, but unfortunately, I can't resist this behemoth. Do you know who was the last person to do this? In the end, he only blew up the Arakawa Tower, but didn't destroy the Arakawa.""But I know I can! Do you want to live to 70 years old and spend the rest of your life with a catheter inserted in pain, or live to 30..."Before David finished speaking, Lucy made a choice directly. "I choose to insert a catheter, and I can't... Just relying on your prosthetics? I admit that I was indeed shocked when I saw your prosthetics, but with this level, you are at most the next Adam Hammer.""Adam Hammer? Is that the guy with prosthetics?Lucy laughed and teased, "I didn't expect you to know this guy too.""I know. By the way, do you want to join me in pushing down the wasteland? Overthrowing these companies?""Hehe? Just you?"Then Lucy saw a scene that made her dumbfounded. She and David appeared in the Internet cafe at the same time, and in addition, there was David's mother, Gloria.Lucy's eyes widened, because she found that all her prosthetics were invalid at this moment. At the same time, the air suddenly became very fresh!Lucy and Gloria looked at David at the same time and spoke."You hacked my system?""David? Why are you here? And where is this place?"Before David could speak, Elysia directly blocked Gloria."Madam, welcome to the 4-D Internet Cafe. I am the store manager, Elysia. Next, I will explain the details of this store to you.""Huh?"Gloria wanted to find out what was going on, but for some reason, she chose to calm down after hearing Elysia's voice. The existence here completely surpassed her understanding of the world.On the other side, Kisara asked in a low voice."Boss, have you noticed something strange? The newcomers to this branch seem to bring their partners very quickly."Liu Yuan complained in return."How do you know they are partners? What if they are just good friends?""Intuition!"----Chapter 412: Yuri JoinsToday is the new game refresh day, but Liu Yuan's luck has obviously worsened.This time, he played two small games: Step on Balloons and DX-Ball. There were no rewards at all; they were really just casual games. The only advantage was that these two games could be played by multiple people in a team.Liu Yuan had no intention of promoting these two small games.However, since it’s a big reunion once a month, everyone was starting to have fun.Currently, including the main store and four branches, ten employees were able to open a game of League of Legends, so five people in the main store and five people in the branch started a battle.Liu Yuan and Kisara were left sitting at the front desk, eating melon seeds and chatting."Boss, are you unlucky this time?"Liu Yuan nodded helplessly. "Yeah, I didn’t expect to have bad luck this time, but it’s not a big problem. In a few days, I’ll launch a fun game to kill time.""It’s okay to kill time, but time will run away overnight if it knows?""Almost?"While Liu Yuan and Kisara were complaining, Liu Yuan asked Kisara, "By the way, if you get married, what kind of clothes would you want to wear?""Me? Whatever."Kisara said excitedly, "I can wear any clothes, and it’s fine if the formality doesn’t matter. Hehe~"Kisara is very happy every day now. Although she is harassed and even threatened by Elysia on a daily basis, she feels that Liu Yuan treats her better and better after Elysia did this.Let go? Absolutely impossible. Kisara's philosophy is that she will never let go of the person she likes, not even for a second, and no woman can get close to him!No, it’s too much to get close; no woman can have physical contact with Liu Yuan.Yes! She will be jealous! Very jealous. Except for kissing, hugging, and holding hands to persuade, no other way will work. But as long as it’s not those, Kisara feels that other aspects are acceptable.The two chatted while snacking, until seven o'clock in the morning when a new day of business began.The store of Elysia still needs Liu Yuan's help to manage. It’s not only a matter of guiding newcomers but also because Liu Yuan needs to communicate with the surrounding world in person.When the number of players grows enough, the store will become a big one. When it becomes a big store, customers won’t need to search for it everywhere. Word of mouth or people coming and going will be enough to attract other worlds to know about the internet cafe.But for now, the internet cafe is still quite small.However, when it opened today, Liu Yuan’s expression twisted into an awkward one.Seeing Liu Yuan’s expression, Elysia asked, "Boss, is there anything I can help you with?""No, it’s just... um... I feel like this Branch No. 4 will be overcrowded in the future. Although they’re all from other branches and just here to watch the fun... Forget it, let’s close the store an hour later tonight and treat it as a carnival.""What happened?"Elysia was puzzled, and Bronya also didn’t understand why Liu Yuan showed such a tangled, painful, and funny expression.As for Kisara? She fell asleep while lying on her stomach.After all, it was not yet opening time, and she had been chatting all night without using the computer, so her body was exhausted.At 8 o'clock, all the stores opened. All the guests turned on their computers and took their seats in an orderly manner. Although there were few guests in the branch No. 4 that Elysia was in charge of, they were all familiar with each other.People like Sakura, Hermione, and Madoka-chan would chat and make appointments to play games together.Lelouch was talking about life with David. Lelouch had already made an attack plan and was now broadcasting and recruiting like-minded members who could fight together.Although the alien crisis is almost a desperate situation for humans, one of the things humans do best in history is to continue fighting among themselves when a crisis occurs.What? A crisis outside? No hurry, fight in the nest first.Therefore, peaceful union is impossible, and war must be carried out. However, in order not to hurt civilians, Lelouch decided to let them fight him, and after they finished fighting, he would assassinate those who advocated war.He believed that if he "assassinated" them, everyone would be honest. If they weren’t honest, he would destroy all the regimes that wanted the war to continue and cultivate regimes willing to face the crisis together.David’s situation was a little more troublesome. His brain wasn’t very good, and he also brought his mother and future girlfriend in. The result can be imagined.But generally speaking, David is also moving in a good direction. Several people have implanted prostheses, and under the attentive guidance of Political Commissar Yuri, several people know what to do. With the help of the internet cafe boss, they have even obtained the Mimic Tear. It’s hard to say whether they will be able to rule Night City, but it’s still possible to take the first step toward developing power.Now, Lucy has communicated with the gang she’s currently in contact with, and David is trying to find V, the only conscience of Night City.Today looks the same as usual, but a special guest came to the fourth branch."Where is this...?"This is a bald man with a strange device on his head. This bald man is well-known in the 4-D space internet cafe.His name is Yuri, and now Yuri is watching everything in the internet cafe with interest.He remembered that he was going to invade the U.S. army with the Soviet army and launch an ambush attack on the U.S. army. How did he suddenly come here?He tried to use his mental power but found that he couldn’t use anything.At this time, there was a cry of surprise from Branch No. 4.The first cry of surprise came from Bronya: "It’s... Political Commissar Yuri!"Bronya stood up and saluted Yuri.Liu Yuan wanted to stop her, but then he thought it was unnecessary. According to the timeline, this Yuri should be the Yuri before the start of the Red Alert 2 plot.But in essence, the Yuri at this time is the same Yuri as the Yuri in Yuri’s Revenge and Mental Omega, though they have different experiences and their final choices and development directions are completely different.Bronya has played Mental Omega these days, and under the personal teaching of Political Commissar Yuri, she has become a qualified Proselyte. Bronya has remembered the teachings of Political Commissar Yuri so much that she has an instinctive reaction when she sees the real Yuri in reality."Proselyte?"For some reason, this word came into Yuri’s mind. He actually cultivated confidants, but these confidants are different from ordinary people and are indeed called Proselytes by outsiders.But he remembered clearly that there were no silver-haired girls in the Proselyte religion.Just as he was thinking, Lelouch, who had taken off his glasses, also saw Yuri."Commissar Yuri! Lelouch reports to you!""Nani! Teacher Yuri! Sorry, I haven’t finished the homework you assigned. I will go online and finish it now."Yuri fell into a state of doubt about his life at this moment. There were all kinds of people in the crowd, but he didn’t know any of them at all.-----Chapter 413: The Proselytes' OnlookersYuri had no expression on his face at this moment. He was frightened. Where was this place? Why did these people know him?He wanted to leave, but before he could take a step, Lelouch had already respectfully invited Yuri in."Commissar! Please come in. I want to report my work status to you."Yuri wanted to leave but was stopped by Lelouch and entered the Internet cafe.Once inside, he was warmly welcomed by everyone in the fourth branch.That's right! Although Sakura doesn't play Red Alert, she had also received guidance from Commissar Yuri. When she saw Yuri appear, she didn’t think much about it—she truly believed it was Yuri from the game.Yuri successfully logged in."Boss... hasn't his money been collected yet?"Elysia looked at Liu Yuan. Although she had also received guidance from Yuri, she was already the store manager, and the store manager had to collect the money."It's okay. Political Commissar Yuri is worth getting for free. Let's make him our mascot."Kisara asked worriedly, "But is he the Yuri from Mental Omega? If he's the Yuri from Yuri's Revenge, then something's wrong."The two versions of Yuri are not the same, and they do completely different things. Yuri from Yuri's Revenge uses slaves to mine, whereas Yuri from Mental Omega conducts human experiments but would never use slaves for mining.Additionally, the goals of the two Yuris are completely different. The simplest difference is that Yuri from Yuri's Revenge is opposed by the whole world, while Yuri from Mental Omega has a large number of supporters from countries all over the world.For this worry, Liu Yuan smiled and shook his head. "Don't worry. No matter which Yuri he is, after coming to this store, he'll only be Yuri from Mental Omega in the future. Yuri is not stupid, especially since he can learn from other Yuris. He will understand what he wants to do."Just as Liu Yuan said, Yuri was confused when he entered the store. He was then arranged to sit down, and under Bronya's guidance, he opened Red Alert, then launched Mental Omega and entered the first chapter of Epsilon.As he looked at the older version of himself in the game, Yuri fell into deep thought."Oh! Dear me, do you have any questions? I can answer them for you.""..."At this moment, Yuri was silent. Greeting himself? What was going on in this world? As he pondered, Yuri in the Mental Omega game provided him with some thoughts and memories.After seeing this, the real Yuri's expression changed."So that's how it is, comrade! Thank you for your hard work.""It doesn't matter. No matter which timeline you come from, I believe you can better achieve the goal we all hope for!"At this moment, Yuri also showed a firm expression. He was no longer an ambitious person. After receiving guidance from Yuri in Mental Omega and seeing his own fate through him, he realized that what Yuri in Mental Omega did was right.This was the experience Yuri had summed up, so now he would use it himself.However, Yuri didn't leave the game immediately. Instead, he continued to communicate with his other self. He found that by selecting different chapters, he could interact with Yuris who had experienced different events, gaining important information from them.While he was learning about the "future" and even communicating deeply with his other self, the news of Yuri entering the Internet cafe quickly spread across all the major groups on TT.Subaru Natsuki: "Yuri is here?"Tina: "Really? I want to see."Kirito: "Take me."Suzuki Satoru: "I want to come too."Fujimaru Kaede: "What if this Yuri is the Yuri from Yuri's Revenge?"At this moment, the group fell silent. Liu Yuan calmly replied: "Don't worry, it's Yuri from Mental Omega. According to the timeline, Mental Omega occurred because Yuri, who wanted to rule the world, received information from the Yuri of the Yuri's Revenge timeline, which completely changed his plan. As long as this prerequisite is met, any Yuri will become the Yuri you're familiar with, but they may have different experiences with you."Subaru Natsuki: "It doesn't matter! Proselyte Subaru Natsuki is ready."Schwi: "Proselyte Hughie will help the commissar rule the world and complete Mental Omega!"Fujimaru Kaede: "I'm different from you, Libra! Mine! Yunru is mine too! wryyyyy!!!"Yoshida Saki: "He's crazy."Madoka: "No problem! Fujimaru has been crazy for a long time, boss~ Do you know what the world of Yuri the Political Commissar is like?"Liu Yuan took a look at the details of Yuri's world and replied: "Just think of him as Yuri from the Mental Omega timeline, but... this world is still a little special.""What's special about it?"At this moment, all the guests were eagerly awaiting Liu Yuan's reply.Liu Yuan calmly replied: "Wizard, Alliance Commander, Yunru, and Proselyte are all studying in the same school now... Although it’s Mental Omega, something seems off."Rick: "Boss! Actually, I’ve always had a question. Are the Allied Intelligence officers really one of our own?"Liu Yuan answered affirmatively: "According to the game settings, they are definitely one of our own. They are determined and always loyal to the Alliance Commander.""Then why are there still errors in the intelligence?"Liu Yuan pondered: "Don't talk about this problem. I guess Yuri won’t be able to figure it out in the future?"Everyone on TT continued chatting. Since Yuri was here, everyone decided to meet their life mentor. Whether they were human, other races, or machines, anyone who had learned about human nature from Yuri came to the fourth branch spontaneously.At this time, Yuri gradually understood what he wanted to do in the game. Under the guidance of Yuri's rich experience, he realized he could accomplish even more.At least he didn’t need several years to build a base vehicle like his other self. He also knew what the Allied and Soviet forces would do in the next few years, and how to avoid his own tragedy and prevent setting up too powerful enemies.One was the Allied Commander, a genius, Yunru, and his most trusted commander in the future—the Proselyte.After figuring all this out, Yuri took off his glasses. The moment he did, he found himself surrounded by a group of people. Through his interaction with Yuri in the game, he roughly knew who these people were.They were his "Proselytes.""Oh! My dear Proselytes, you can always come to me if you have any questions in the future."---Chapter 414: Yuri and the Internet Cafe Customers, Yuri Helps LelouchYuri’s current state is one of knowing what he will do in the future, but not recognizing anyone around him, and not daring to ask anyone. He can only pretend to say a few pleasant words. He roughly knows that these people are his "future" Proselytes, or that they recognize that they will become his Proselytes in the future.But his actual state is this: Who am I? Where am I? What should I do next? With so many Proselytes appearing, he is confused.While he was thinking, the guests in the Internet cafe were not idle. Some were taking photos, some were making videos, and some even scheduled appointments for Yuri's spiritual healing courses in reality.As for the changes, there’s no need to worry; everything is still as it was before.The reason Yuri in Mental Omega became that way is because of the guidance from other Yuris, and now this Yuri will take fewer detours and achieve greater success with the guidance of the Mental Omega Yuri.While observing the other customers in the Internet cafe, Yuri had already begun planning for the future. The Soul Termination Device must be made, and his considerations are more complete now.His power has reached its limit here. He needs the power of Libra, and he has obtained the technology to create Libra. The next step is...While thinking, he didn’t forget to communicate with the Proselytes. In his view, the Proselytes from various worlds connected in the Internet cafe might not directly help him, but their thoughts, experiences, and views on the world play an important role in the development of his own world.However, when business hours ended, Lelouch invited Yuri."Commissar Yuri, I need your guidance.""I remember your name, Lelouch. My dear Proselyte, is there anything I can assist you with?"In Yuri’s opinion, everyone in the Internet cafe could be regarded as a heretic. The core of being a Proselyte is not having thoughts that align with his own, but having thoughts that differ from those of ordinary people.As for these people in the Internet cafe, some seek to save the world, while others desire a peaceful life. Although their thoughts are human, they are completely different from ordinary people.Let’s not even talk about Toyama Kinji who was so excited that he actually held Yuri’s hand to communicate.What is Toyama Kinji's dream? To live an ordinary life? How does he live it?By beating people!Yes, now Toyama Kinji understands how to live an ordinary life with Liu Yuan’s help and strengthens his faith under Yuri’s guidance in the game. Now he truly beats people from start to finish.The first to be beaten was a vampire, then Joan of Arc, and then his cross-dressing brother and sister-in-law, Sherlock Holmes of the EU.No matter who you are, if you get in the way of him going to school, he will beat you.At the same time, Toyama Kinji also set his ultimate life goal as all students do: Get into the University of Tokyo. Again, whoever prevents him from getting into the University of Tokyo will be beaten.After adopting this goal, he found that Hotogi Shirayuki and Mine Riko also wanted to get into the University of Tokyo. So, there was no choice. They became part of Toyama Kinji's life. If anyone makes their lives unstable or prevents him from living an ordinary life... well, just keep beating them.Anyway, in his own world, Toyama Kinji has reputation and strength, but his way of thinking is incomprehensible to anyone. Men who approach him will definitely be beaten, and women will be beaten with a small probability. But if you invite him to dinner, he will always come.As for Suzuki Satoru whose dictatorial world-ruling ideas are not considered Proselyte, it would be a waste of talent. Even Yuri wondered how he managed to convince everyone in the Internet cafe to listen to him in the game. If Yuri put himself in his shoes, even at that time, he would have only known more about normal people.But the guests in the Internet cafe... it seems there are no normal people here.Lelouch’s invitation was also part of Yuri's plan, because he wanted to see the difference between humans in other worlds and those in his own. So, he accepted Lelouch's invitation, and together, they arrived in this world."Commissar Yuri, I have transmitted the situation of my world to you through my spiritual power."After receiving the information from Lelouch, Yuri began to think. The situation in this world is even worse than the world he lives in. The war has never stopped for nearly a hundred years. Even when physics was locked away, they were still considering internal fighting and hegemony, disregarding the words of countless physicists, mathematicians, and astronomers as nonsense.And Lelouch... he’s done a really good job! If Lelouch were his Proselyte, Yuri would feel proud of him."Dear Proselyte, you did a great job. No! What you’re going to do exceeds even my expectations. Your determination and skills make me doubt that you’re not even from this age."Lelouch smiled at Yuri. "Because it was Commissar Yuri who pointed me in the right direction, I want to ask Commissar Yuri to bring some soldiers to help me attack Cape Hope. I want to be there and bring hope to this world.""If you don’t mind my slightly cruel methods, I’d be happy to fight alongside my Proselyte.""Thank you!""You’re welcome. This is what I can do."The world is different, and Yuri will not interfere in the affairs of other worlds, but Lelouch has been taught by another self, so he is also Yuri’s Proselyte. He knows himself very well. The fact that Lelouch can be taught by Yuri proves that he is absolutely trustworthy, in addition to the game setting.Human nature is complex, but also simple. A piece of bread may cause people to turn on each other, but that same bread can also win a person’s lifelong loyalty.Yuri learned about Lelouch’s plan. It is simple: Attack in four directions. In the northernmost direction, a wave of soldiers wearing semi-mechanical equipment will be airdropped to carry out destruction, and in the south, a large number of armored forces will attack head-on.In the east and west directions, small-scale troops will demolish enemy buildings, and mobile construction vehicles will be deployed after the buildings are demolished.The number of soldiers expected to participate in the battle is not large, only more than 3,000 people. Half of them were former physicists or astronomers.For them, although theoretical physics no longer exists, they can pursue applied physics. But when they discovered that the Earth would be destroyed in the future and humans were still fighting for territory, they all chose to join Lelouch’s Earth Resistance Army.Especially after learning that Lelouch possessed "alien technology" and that theoretical physics had been locked by the Dark Forest Law, these people all joined Lelouch’s Earth Resistance Army without hesitation.No matter how the human race fights among itself, when facing the crisis of genocide, there will always be those who stand up. Among them is Lelouch's friend.Before, Lelouch was worried about finding a suitable commander for an infiltration operation in the rear, but now that Yuri is personally involved, Lelouch feels greatly confident.----Chapter 415: Lelouch: Pinching Their Heads and Shaking Them Left and Right"Alert! Alert!"At this moment, the alarm bells of the Holy Britannia Military Base in Cape Hope rang loudly.The commander inside the base shouted, "What happened?"The intelligence officer replied calmly, "We found a small-scale paratrooper infiltration. These enemies cannot cause any effective damage to us—they don't have mechas. They’re sitting ducks for our soldiers."The commander ordered, "Send troops to eliminate them."The Cape Hope Base dispatched ten humanoid weapons to carry out the elimination operation because the intelligence department clearly stated that this was a small-scale infiltration and the enemy didn’t even have mechas.In this icy, snowy place, the soldiers were worried about having no fun. Someone had come to infiltrate? Of course, they had to bully them.Ten minutes later...The Holy Britannia intelligence officer suddenly exclaimed, "Not good! A large number of armored troops have been detected to the south, east, and west of the base. Wait—where did these troops come from? Did they emerge from the void? Commander! Our power system has been invaded, our radar system has been invaded—who did it?"The entire intelligence room’s power system was completely cut off, and the communication system was interrupted.The commander demanded, "What's going on? Why are there so many armored troops here?"Hope Point is used as a base because it is very close to various continents. At the same time, this location lies in the middle of the territory controlled by the Holy Britannian Empire. The nearest countries are District 11 and District 8, but the problem is that these two are not in a position to cross the ocean to attack here.Just when they hesitated, some of the power and communication systems returned to normal.At that moment, the intelligence officer calmly said, "Commander, don't worry—no matter how many ground combat troops come, they will perish before our mechas. The Holy Britannian Empire's technology is the best in the world!"But what happened next completely slapped them in the face.This time, Lelouch’s combat method was based on Foehn’s Technology. First, a 30-man cyborg unit was airdropped, and a wave of clairvoyant robots was also deployed.The small clairvoyant robots successfully infiltrated a series of facilities—such as power, communication, and resource centers—in the base without any hindrance, and directly locked all these facilities.When the first batch of mechas arrived at the airdrop site, they were greeted by dragonfly drones. The dragonfly drone, a support drone from CN, was equipped with an EMP paralysis device. Under EMP interference, the mechas became live targets, and the landing iron cavalry along with the spearmen destroyed them almost instantly.However, this was just the beginning—the ambush was merely to attract their attention. The real main force was at the front.In the open space south of Cape Hope, Kallen and Suzaku looked on in shock at the base that had just been deployed.Lelouch stood at the entrance of the base and extended his hand to Suzaku. "Now you believe that I have alien technology, right? Suzaku, believe me—everything I do is not for power. When the world unites to fight the threat from the universe, I will withdraw. For now, I simply desire a peaceful daily life."C.C. eating pizza on the other side almost laughed when she heard this. What Lelouch said was true.These technologies came from another world—Earth—and they were not alien technology.It is true that there is a peaceful life.After seeing the world of internet cafes, C.C. also felt that this world was quite boring. Whether it was interesting games or delicious food, it was far inferior to the world she experiencedStanding  silently for a while, Suzaku finally asked, "Lelouch, what do you need me to do?""You have a very strong fighting instinct. I will let you control the mecha from Cybertron.""Alien mecha?""Yes—come out! Ronin!"At Lelouch’s call, the Ronin Titan suddenly appeared, and Lelouch said slowly, "Destroy all the defenders here and clear the space. I will position the alien warship here. This warship is our hope to resist the aliens."Gazing at the handsome Ronin Titan before him, Suzaku’s eyes nearly popped out. Is there really such a handsome mecha in the world?Lelouch reminded him, "This Titan will teach you how to operate it, but remember: it is just a civilian machine on that planet and cannot withstand super firepower. Please pay attention to the countdown—when it ends, I will provide you with support."Suzaku piloted the Ronin Titan and began to engage the enemy. He was very talented; even if he wasn’t an experienced pilot, he adapted to the Titan’s controls quickly. Moreover, he had Lelouch’s support.That support came in the form of an Iron Curtain device. The Titan equipped with the iron curtain exuded a real battlefield murderous aura. Although each iron curtain lasted only one minute, that minute was enough to change the outcome of the battle.And now the front battlefield had turned into a one-sided war. Lelouch was exceedingly well prepared.The Apocalypse tanks from the Soviet system took the lead, while the Rhino Tanks rolled forward without hesitation behind them. Among the Rhino Tanks were repair drones to fix any damaged tanks on the battlefield.The Apocalypse tanks were completely terrifying. Though this machine was not even as good as the magnetic tank, when such a large tank appeared on the battlefield, both friendly forces would feel the crushing fear of the steel torrent.Behind the Vanguard, the Prism Tank slowly advanced under the escort of the Sentinel Anti-Aircraft Vehicle.The mechas in this world were not weak, but unfortunately, in the face of the absolute steel torrent, they were sitting ducks. The Apocalypse Tank could slip past, and the Prism Tank could get close to the enemy, but the invincible Rhino Tank made the enemy truly understand fear.The most insulting part was that no matter how many mechas Holy Britannia had, there would be an equal number of Rhino Tanks here—and merely seeing them was enough to scare people.It's just a small Tank, Would a mecha be afraid? However, what they witnessed later was a terrifying operation.All these tanks were controlled by Lelouch. Having played Red Alert for so long, Lelouch had learned what it meant to swing left and right from a series of AI bot bosses named 08, Moon 3, and Dragon.In the command room, Lelouch explained to Kallen, who had been watching him, "Did you see? These mechas are very fast—but it doesn’t matter, their range isn’t as extensive as mine. As long as we hold them together, pinch their heads, and swing them left and right—hey, swing left and right—see, they’re all dead.""This! How is it possible?"Kallen exclaimed, completely dumbfounded.What did she see? More than 50 mechas encountered an equal number of tanks, yet the tanks twisted left and right; only five lost contact, more than a dozen were damaged, and then the 50 mechas over there were wiped out? What kind of unscientific battle loss ratio is that?Not to mention mechas versus tanks—even tank versus tank battles can exhibit such an unscientific loss ratio. As a result, when tanks fought mechas, these tanks could still swing left and right.C.C. watched silently from the side. She knew that Lelouch was playing and pretending. At the same time, she also remembered that when Lelouch first fought against the famous human-machines of 08, he was beaten very badly.Chapter 416: Elysia's Advice to Lelouch~The Cape of Good Hope base had been established, and simultaneously, Lelouch activated the destructive version of the Paradox Engine.At that moment, all the physicists cheered. Even though physics had now been locked, they believed that with alien technology they could improve upon existing methods.At the same time, the people gathered by Lelouch trusted his words even more and became even more determined to pursue the goal he had set: to end the world's wars and unite all countries and nations in a common strategy against the aliens who might come to this world four hundred years from now.Simultaneously, Lelouch transformed the entire Cape of Good Hope into a massive military base using base construction vehicles, and he broadcast a message to everyone in the world from that base:"Hello, people of the world, my name is Lelouch Vi Britannia. I am here to deliver a sad truth: the Earth is about to be destroyed.""This destruction is not due to war or natural disasters, but rather the result of an alien invasion."In his message, he explained the Dark Forest theory—the aliens would soon appear on Earth, and the physical laws had been locked. At that moment, 60% of the world's physicists spoke out, and astronomers reported the inexplicable disappearance of the Centaurus constellation in recent days.The entire world erupted in chaos.Finally, Lelouch revealed his purpose."I have obtained technology left by two civilized galaxies through quantum entanglement by chance, and I, Lelouch Vi Britannia, hereby swear to use this technology to end the war on this planet. The war must stop. In the distant universe, we will face even more terrible enemies. We must combine our strength and wisdom to leave the solar system together, to avoid the technological blockade imposed by the Aliens. We must work together to harness the resources of the entire solar system and build a space fleet powerful enough to fight the Aliens. If we fail, we will all perish."According to Lelouch, aliens do not require guides; for them, if they kill everyone, the planet will be theirs. Many of the powerful on this planet care not for the future—they only seek immediate benefits.But...After that, Lelouch issued a final ultimatum:"To those who wish to continue the war, I, Lelouch Vi Britannia, will unleash thunder to drive you away. However, I grant you one month. In one month, you may choose to unite the entire world and jointly develop the universe, or you may choose to continue the war and challenge me. And during this month, I will execute all the commanders and leaders who insist on continuing the war."Having said this, Lelouch also demonstrated his might.At that moment, people around the world looked on in shock.What did they see? Countless tanks emerging one after another from the tank factory. Across the vast lands, numerous airports served as symbols of the threat emanating from the Cape of Good Hope.If it were just torrents of steel, the shock might have ended there.But in Lelouch's broadcast, enormous, damaged warships—clearly not of Earthly origin—were also revealed. Additionally, neatly arranged Titans of various models were on display; while the mechas in this world moved on wheels, these Titans walked on their own feet.There were numerous defensive installations, offensive facilities, and super weapons. People witnessed temporary Chrono Air Corps soldiers teleporting across the battlefield and even a squad of Rhino tanks demonstrating to the mechas the true meaning of coordinated strength. What made matters even more desperate was that these tanks could turn their heads with astonishing speed.Furthermore, the Iron Curtain device made it clear to everyone the extent of the technological gap—the tanks equipped with the Iron Curtain could not be destroyed by any means, neither artillery shells nor missiles could harm them.Lelouch found it strange that his father had not declared war outright.In fact, after Lelouch’s announcement, all the armies of Holy Britannia ceased fighting, even promoting a Declaration of Peace and Common Development in their regions.What confused Lelouch even further was that his father had replaced all the war-prone commanders in certain areas with those who were more peaceful and positive—a most abnormal move.However, the wars in many regions had not yet ceased. Lelouch had his own method to force a temporary cessation of hostilities—assassination. His method was very simple: he instructed the mechas to seek out those who, despite receiving his message, continued to fight with contempt, and to let them witness what a true assassination looked like. Suzaku piloted the Ronin Mecha, and with the Iron Curtain particles provided by the super weapon, he directly confronted the enemy's firepower, eliminating all the commanders and headquarters that persisted in waging war before everyone's eyes.Yet even then, Lelouch observed that his father still has no intention of continuing the war."Something is wrong! Something is wrong!"Lelouch fell into deep thought. According to his plan, his father would surely send troops to attack him, yet now the entire army remained motionless—even going so far as to promote the Dark Forest Law and the notion of an alien invasion? On the contrary, some small nations had not ceased fighting. Although Suzaku piloted the Titan and halted the enemy's advance, Lelouch sensed that these fighters were spying on him.Something was very wrong. He planned to ask Yuri for the specific reason when the Internet cafe reopened.However, upon entering the Internet cafe after its reopening, he immediately saw Elysia watching him as he stepped through the door.He knew Elysia—a lively, lovely girl like an fairy. She was looking at him not because she liked him, but… perhaps because of the boss's instructions?Contemplating this, he instinctively paused."My guest, I sense that you are troubled. Is there anything you wish to discuss with Elysia?"Elysia handed Lelouch a bottle of iced drink. After a long hesitation, he spoke—he believed the staff of the Internet cafe were very trustworthy.After listening to Lelouch's account, Elysia understood his troubles. Simply put, what his father had done was completely inconsistent with Lelouch's own beliefs—the anticipated war had not materialized at all; instead, there was only a group of people covertly spying on alien technology.Elysia then spoke up, "I don’t yet know the full situation in your world, but have you ever considered this possibility: that, for the sake of world peace, you fabricated a lie about aliens? Then, does your father have his own agenda in launching a war against the entire world?""No..."Before Lelouch could finish his words, Elysia whispered, "Don’t focus on whether what he did was right or wrong, but rather on whether his purpose aligns with yours. If his purpose is consistent with yours—even if his methods differ—I believe you can reach an understanding."Lelouch was stunned. Indeed, he had always regarded his father as stupid and cruel, but could it be that his father shared the same secrets as he did?"Thank you for your advice," Lelouch said."If you want to thank me, how about buying some snacks and drinks for the people around you?" Elysia teased.Elysia then began to promote her offerings. As a clerk, she was very responsible—not only did she guide guests boarding the plane, but she also helped solve personal issues through talk therapy, much like Liu Yuan did.Lelouch sat down and handed the pizza he had just bought to C.C.Curiously, C.C. asked, "Do you like that girl?"Upon hearing this, Lelouch shook his head and replied, "No, it's just... I have a very strange feeling.""I share that feeling. When I saw her, I felt something odd—I felt that she was paying attention to me and appreciating me. Isn't that magical?""Indeed..."While they chatted, Kisara leaned over and whispered in Liu Yuan's ear, "Is it really okay? I feel that Elysia seems to have a group of believers through Yuri.""If there is, it’s not a problem. If Elysia performs well enough, it wouldn’t be impossible for her to become a poster girl in the future, but I think the likelihood is low.""Why?""Because she loves people too much, but this Internet cafe... contains many things that are not human."Elysia loves not only the appearance of people but also human nature. Besides other things, Elysia may not like MC Redstone players… because Redstone players lack humanity.Smile~Chapter 417: New Game, CivilizationIn the Internet cafe, Liu Yuan rarely summoned all the employees to the main store."Boss, are there any new games today?"Leticia asked, taking the lead. Based on her understanding of Liu Yuan, he rarely summoned everyone; even on the days when games are added each month, the staff gathered on their own initiative.Now Liu Yuan had called everyone over—proof that a game had to be added, and that some of these games were relatively important.Liu Yuan answered Leticia's inquiry positively. "Yes, this time we added a major game, but before you get started, this game should not be put on the shelves because it may have a few more issues."Liu Yuan pinched a gap between his index finger and thumb to show everyone how small it was. But in fact, that little gap represented an entire fingertip universe.Civilization.The game Liu Yuan acquired was Civilization, which included the entire Civilization series; other Civilization series covered additional games. This game mode is the same as the original—you can choose whichever series you want to play. There are currently ten series in total, and players can pick their favorite.However, when players enter the realism mode, they experience a genuine civilization showdown.From the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.From slave society to feudal monarchy, to civilized society—and even space civilization.Players can truly experience the joy of civilization in this game.In this game mode, players must make different choices based on the series so that their civilization can evolve to become the world's first—or even the universe's first.But the realism mode is a game that truly kills time. There is no concept of turns in the realism mode; once the development direction and policy are determined, the civilization led by the player will advance firmly in that direction.As for what it will eventually evolve into, Liu Yuan does not know.Based on his experience, novices will probably be destroyed by barbarians when they play.Don't ask Liu Yuan how he knows. When he first played Civilization, he didn’t read the tutorial and didn’t understand what was happening—he was directly destroyed by the Manchus.However, that was not a big problem. Once Liu Yuan became proficient, he could do anything.The reason Liu Yuan chose Civilization instead of Hearts of Iron was very simple: Hearts of Iron can be experienced within Civilization’s realism mode, and players of each civilization can set it up themselves. There is no need to worry about how to play or what to do.That is why Liu Yuan asked his staff to understand this game—because it is too difficult to get into as a newbie.Whether it is the choice of policy, technology, or diplomatic communication, it is no longer comparable to any other game in the Internet cafe.This was actually Liu Yuan showing mercy. Had he not shown mercy, he would have put Spores on the shelves directly—and it is estimated that the brain cells of the Mecha species would have been burned out.But even so, the guests of the Internet cafe probably couldn’t predict how their civilization would develop in the future.Listening to Liu Yuan’s description of the general situation of this game, all the staff showed shocked expressions."Is there still a game like this? Then, boss, is the world of this game the real world? Are we controlling the future of a real world?"Liu Yuan shook his head. "Actually not—it’s almost system AI."But Leticia asked, "If it's AI, how can it simulate the whole world?""Because it was created by real gods, and many worlds helped build it. A planet that develops into an interstellar civilization has a population of at most hundreds of billions. Compared with those worlds that destroy galaxies one by one, that number of people is actually not that many."This sentence made everyone in the Internet cafe feel a buzzing in their heads, but Hitomi calmly explained, "If you can’t understand, just think of it as a game feature. Everything in the game is not real life, unless...""Unless?"Everyone looked at Hitomi. He then looked at Liu Yuan and said, "Unless the boss says that the gods are in a good mood and turn the game world into the real world, right?"Liu Yuan nodded and replied, "Yes, so you can play without worry. If it really becomes the real world and life becomes a single life, this game will not be put on the shelves. It would go against the harmony of heaven!"At this point, Liu Yuan couldn’t help but worry about the future guests of the Internet cafe. Seeing Liu Yuan’s worried expression, Kisara asked curiously, "What's wrong? Is there any problem with this game?""No problem—I’m worried about the players. But forget it; there are so many players now, and many of them are thinking about ruling the world. Such a comprehensive game is really suitable for them."The real mode of this game can not only simulate business operations but also substitute your own data so you can experience the joy of destroying the world.From this perspective, you can see how formidable this game is.After the baptism of Skyline, the current players have gradually become a natural disaster—and it is famous that if this game is put on the shelves... Wait? Natural disaster?Liu Yuan fell into deep thought at that moment.After hesitating for a long time, he silently added a mod called Natural Disaster to the game—featuring Zerg Invasion, Demon Invasion, and Rectification Protocol.When a player reaches cosmic civilization in the real mode, they can activate the DLC to experience an even more exciting survival of civilization.At the same time, it also foreshadows Stellaris. I believe that when these players encounter the three major natural disasters in the future... oh no! The four major natural disasters will definitely be very thrilling.The clerks started playing the game. Jibril didn’t think much and entered the game directly to start the realism mode.Then…"Yes! Go! Kill!""Forget it, it's too troublesome—Sky Strike! Mudamuda~"A few minutes later, Jibril suddenly found that the whole game was boring because, at the beginning, she had entered the realism mode and directly eliminated all other civilizations.All civilizations were gone, leaving only her own.Feeling that her civilization was also quite boring, she directly blew it up with a Sky Strike. All civilizations in this world were gone, and the game was over.At that moment, Liu Yuan heard Jibril’s words."What? You think the game is boring?""Yeah! Everyone dies at the beginning, and it's over. This kind of game can't satisfy the players, right?"Jibril was deliberately provoking trouble because she believed that, in so many worlds, there must be more than one person with this idea.Liu Yuan said calmly, "Is that so? Civilizations are not just about differences. If you want to experience the civilization of the Age of Gods, that's fine. Come! Enter the game and choose this option. Yes! Come—choose this primitive civilization. It will definitely satisfy you. Don’t worry: if you can open a factory in this world and slaughter others, I’ll open a store for you separately.""Hey, boss! Is this what you said?""That's right!"Jibril happily entered the game. As soon as she did, she saw a man holding a giant axe and slashing at her.----Chapter 418: New Guests Rimuru and KatarinaAt this moment, Jibril was silent because she knew that even if she used all her strength, she would definitely die facing this axe.She had lost the bet, let alone winning it. Facing this axe, she didn’t even have the qualification to live.Looking at the black screen and the broken Jibril, Liu Yuan patted her shoulder. "Have fun, believe me, you’re not strong enough to play this advanced civilization. In this advanced civilization... you’re at most a soldier.""Boss is right!"At this moment, Jibril decided to return to a normal civilization to have a better time. But just as she was about to play again, Liu Yuan reminded her, "It seems that the prehistoric civilization belongs to high magic. If you’re strong, I recommend low magic or medium magic. With low magic, you can experience the joy of resisting other civilizations, and with medium magic, you can experience the joy of being evenly matched. Try not to touch high magic, that thing is not prepared for ordinary people."Hearing this, Kisara came over curiously. "Then, if you play, what level can you pass at most?"Liu Yuan touched his chin and thought. "For me, I might not even be able to pass the lowest difficulty in realism mode.""But boss, you seem very strong..."Shirley recalled how Kisara had helped her in the past. Kisara was so powerful, so Liu Yuan must be extremely powerful, right?Liu Yuan shook his head. "It’s not that I’m strong, it’s that my boss and her friends are strong. If you mess with me, it’s like messing with my boss, and if you mess with my boss, it’s like messing with her friends. If you mess with my boss’s friends, they’ll make the coordinates of that world public and release a group of people called 2T. I don’t remember the details, but according to my boss, these people are very scary."At this moment, Jibril shuddered. She was very glad that she had been beaten up by Liu Yuan and caught back then. If Liu Yuan got angry and released the people from that T world, she couldn’t imagine it.It didn’t take much—just seeing that person swinging an axe, they could chop off their own planet.And with more games, Jibril’s arrogant thoughts gradually faded. She still yearned to be strong, but facing humanity, she had to put away her little ego.Let alone anything else, just the fact that humans could fly out of the planet and travel the universe with only a few hundred years of technological development was something the Flugel species thought they couldn’t do."Okay, you can play this game in any way you can think of. If you have any questions, ask me. Once the game is launched, the players will definitely not progress faster than you."To help his staff understand the game quickly, Liu Yuan slightly adjusted the time ratio.At least the staff needed to understand the game and be able to teach the players how to play it. Otherwise, if the players had questions the staff couldn’t answer, it would be very bad for the players' gaming experience.After a night of make-up lessons, all the staff had a basic understanding of the game by the next day. They could recommend different modes and gameplay according to the needs of different players.Although the game had not been thoroughly explored or completed, it was easy to recommend.By seven o'clock the next morning, everyone returned to their respective branches to prepare. This time, Liu Yuan was a support. He would go to whichever store had problems and help out.As the Internet café opened, customers entered one by one. The network administrators and store managers of each branch were also promoting the new game.However, when the new game was launched, a rather special guest came to Branch No. 1.Branch No. 1, as the earliest branch, had members who weren’t very serious. And today, there was another unserious guest, a blue jelly-like slime."Hey? Is this an Internet café?"The full name of this slime was Rimuru Tempest. He had originally been a social worker. Due to a coincidence, he had traveled to another world and become a slime.He remembered that he had walked out into the world, but just after leaving, he entered the Internet café? Did he get isekai'ed again?Sensing the newcomer's confusion, Chelsea came over. "Hello, guest. This is the 4-D space Internet café. Here, you can get anything you want through games.""Anything? Really?"Chelsea smiled and said, "Of course! Whether it's drinks, snacks, or other things, you can get them here. And the price of Internet access in our store is very low. Would you like to try it?""Okay!"Rimuru was now looking forward to it, but then, remembering his body, a helpless expression appeared on his face."Sorry, I may not be able to use the computer here."Takashima Yuuna came out and explained, "Don’t worry. Our store uses full infiltration technology. Not only you, but also your friends inside your body can enjoy the fun of the game with you."Life within the body—this kind of thing wasn’t uncommon in Internet cafés. Look at the Nine-tailed Fox inside Uzumaki Kushina’s body, playing happily every day.Hearing Takashima Yuuna's introduction, Rimuru breathed a sigh of relief. "Then, let me try it. By the way, is there anything good to recommend here?"At this moment, Chelsea smiled. "Our store has recently added an interesting game called Civilization. I believe..."Before she could finish her sentence, Rimuru widened his eyes. "What game did you say?""Civilization.""Great! I didn’t expect that after traveling to another world, I’d still get to play games. Paradox games? Does our store have Stellaris?"Hearing this question, Takashima Yuuna replied affirmatively, "The boss once said that he’d add Stellaris to the shelves, but now is not the time. However, I believe this Civilization game will also give you, our customer, much joy.""Indeed, Civilization is a good game, and one round can take a whole day."Meanwhile, at the same time Rimuru successfully entered the Internet café, a girl from the fourth branch was warmly welcomed by Elysia."Hello, guest. Is there anything I can help you with?"At this time, the girl named Katarina, with a scar on her head, nervously asked, "Where is this?""The 4-D Space Internet Café. Would you like to try playing some games here?""Games? What games are there? Are there any otome games?"When Katarina heard there were games to play, she became excited. Although she had recovered her memory after traveling to another world, it was clear that there were no games to play in that world. At the same time, she had to consider avoiding a tragic ending in her future.When she thought that her future self might fall into a death flag, she felt pain."Dear guest~ Although our store doesn’t have otome games, we do have pure love galgames! And if you play this game, you'll also get a half-price game qualification. Would you like to try it?""What? Half price! Yes!"Katarina didn’t think too much and agreed directly.Meanwhile, Bronya looked at the girl in front of her with heartache. She was sure this girl would need toilet paper in the future.After selling the games, sell toilet paper, and when her body and mind were fully healed, she could play Civilization to relieve her mood. Perfect.Chapter 419: Villain Miss Clannad ExperienceKatarina, a person who got isekai'ed, died by a truck. In this regard, there are many people in the Internet cafe who were sent there by trucks.She likes otome games, which were recommended to her by her friends. Because of this, she is not very familiar with many two-dimensional works.Clannad, she probably heard her friends talk about it, but she didn't like tragedy and didn't watch it much.However, after entering the Internet cafe, Katarina saw that the forum unanimously commented that it was a relaxing IP, so she happily opened the game.Besides, there's a discount after playing, and even fools would play it.If you are an experienced anime enthusiast, you will subconsciously hesitate when you hear the word "relaxing." If it’s too relaxing, you must carefully investigate to avoid being stabbed in the heart.But Katarina has no experience at all and happily clicked on the half-price game strategy. This strategy is the most suitable path selected by Tatsumi, Sora, Izumi Konata, and other long-term strategy makers after careful research and psychological analysis.Don’t ask, it will make you cry.The time taken to follow this route was very short. Katarina had been at the Internet cafe for more than eight hours, and she played until her child was born and her wife died."Hey hey hey!!!"As the male protagonist in the game, Katarina developed a very deep affection for Furukawa Nagisa. At least she truly treated the other party as someone she loved."Wow, it’s so sad, what a tragic ending."She thought it was the end, but when the next option appeared, she was numb.She either worked hard for her child's future or became completely depressed. As a game player, she chose the first one because she also hoped her "daughter" would have a good future. Since her mother was dead, she would change her child's future with her own efforts.Then, when she saw her "father’s" experience, understood her parents' love, and decided to give up her job to provide her daughter a good childhood, she smiled."Isn’t it time to enter the happy ending now?"That’s what Katarina thought. Although she was heartbroken because her wife died, she healed through her daughter after the heartbreak. This was in line with the standard of a healing game.But then Katarina was stunned.Her daughter died?At this moment, the expression on Katarina’s face froze completely. Tears kept flowing, and at this moment, Bronya walked over to her side: "Hello, customer. Do you need tissues?""Wuwuwu! Yes!"Bronya successfully earned 30 yuan, while Katarina cried bitterly."It seems that this customer can provide Bronya with hundreds of yuan in performance."Although Bronya’s performance was unnecessary, she felt happy seeing the newcomer cry so painfully.Thinking back to when she first entered the Internet cafe, she had been tricked to death by Elysia, Kisara, and Liu Yuan.This also led to the fact that every time a new person came, unless Liu Yuan or Elysia recommended a game, she would recommend Clannad. After making a recommendation, she could make some money, and after making money, she would be praised by Elysia. Bronya felt very happy.Katarina cried for a long time, and her whole body froze: "Oh no! I forgot this is a public place; isn’t this embarrassing?"Just when she froze, she noticed a green-haired girl looking at her."Are you playing Clannad?""Yes! Sorry! I lost my temper."When Katarina said this, C.C. shook her head, her eyes slightly red, and said, "Keep playing, this game..."She wanted to continue, but considering the gaming experience of newcomers, she closed her mouth.An unspoken rule that everyone on the TT forum silently abides by is that you can’t spoil the game to newcomers, no matter what. Especially for this kind of plot-based game, the player experience plummets after spoilers.Moreover, everyone is holding back their evil hearts. Although the most desperate part is when the daughter dies, there are many touching and even tear-jerking parts in other routes. If spoilers are given, it will be meaningless.At the same time, C.C. felt bad after playing the whole game, but how many people in this Internet cafe feel good after playing this game?Either they cried on the spot or pretended not to cry on the spot. The whole person would be cremated and only the hard mouth would remain.Although C.C. didn’t spoil the plot, she still comforted Katarina: "I was the same as you at that time.""Huh?""Yes, this game... after all..."C.C. always thought she could look at everything lightly, but after really getting in touch with it, she found that even after the baptism of time and various darkness, the thing called human nature will still believe in its existence and even be affected by it.Even after playing Clannad, she thought about having a child. In fact, it's not only C.C. who was influenced by this game. There are many players. Look, Uzumaki Kushina is actively preparing for pregnancy. First, she wants to give Naruto a brother or sister to make him less lonely. Second, she wants to try whether it’s a daughter. If it’s a daughter, they’ve decided to name her Shio."It’s so painful!!""In fact, you have a chance to save your lover and daughter.""Hey? Is there a wrong option in my game?"Katarina was shocked. She relied on her own feelings when playing. Could it be that her feelings hoped her wife and daughter would die? She was really an evil villain.Oh! It seems that there’s nothing wrong with thinking this way. In the future, she will be a villain who bullies the heroine and is exiled or even killed. It’s really possible to do such a thing.No!Katarina clenched her fists: "I want to change their endings! Only by changing their endings can I have the confidence to change my own future ending!"If a game cannot be played in HD, how can I, the villain in the real world, successfully pull out the chess piece? So! The ending of the game I play must be changed. This is for myself.Katarina’s whole being ignited with supreme fighting spirit, and she continued to play hard.However, just when she was about to continue playing, the reminder of the Internet cafe's closing time made her feel bad."Aba! Aba! Why is it like this!!!"She thought that if she tried hard today, she could change the tragic ending, but she couldn’t go online today before she started?Does this mean that she can't change her own destiny?Katarina was shocked!Just when she was feeling very uncomfortable, Bronya handed her a bottle of Coke: "Dear guest, would you like some Coke to relieve your mood?""Okay, thank you."Katarina did not refuse. She picked up the Coke and prepared to leave while thinking. However, when she was about to leave the store, her feet froze."Um... I don’t think I paid?"Bronya smiled and said, "It doesn’t matter. This store will automatically deduct the money that belongs to you. If the money is insufficient, your life will be used as collateral.""Ah~"Katarina felt her soul floating out of her mouth. Well, now there’s one more thing to do. In addition to removing the flag, she also has to work hard to make money to support herself.Not coming? How could that be possible? Katarina, who had been here once, knew this was a good place. If she hadn’t been driven away, she would have wanted to live here.But when she returned home, her expression became even more distorted: "Wait? I played outside for more than ten hours. Will my mother kill me!!!"Chapter 420: The Villain Miss Failed to Run Away from Home.jpgFor several days, Katarina worked hard in the Internet cafe to progress through the plot. When she saw the perfect ending, she opened the forum.After looking at the content about Clannad, she replied with a short sentence like other players:"Healing people's hearts!"She did not lie, let alone cheat. Although the half-price games at the Internet cafe were quite sad, compared to those, she wanted to see the perfect ending even more.Watching Nagisa Furukawa and her daughter live happily, and seeing the other characters lead simple, happy lives, Katarina felt that she had been sublimated."Wow, it's great."Katarina wiped her tears and collapsed on the stool, enjoying the rare peace.She felt that not only had she been healed, but she was now full of confidence for the future.Wait, the future!These days in the Internet cafe, she had learned that the power of the cafe could be brought into the real world."No! I must get the power to avoid death!"So she stood up and waved her arms."Network administrator!""Does the guest need anything?"Bronya came to Katarina again. In her opinion, this guest was very easy to fool. She accepted all the tissues and drinks Katarina handed over. Not only that, she even liked to order more snacks."Um, is there any game here that can let me survive alone?""Alone?"After thinking for a while, Bronya suggested, "You can try the game Minecraft. If you want to progress quickly, you can find players named Homura Akemi, Saki Yoshida, or Sora & Shiro to help you out.""Okay! Thank you! By the way, do you have iced cola? Give me a bottle."Getting the iced cola, Katarina's confidence doubled."Come on! Katarina, you can do it! You can definitely avoid the death ending!"At Bronya's suggestion, Katarina started playing Minecraft and soon fell in love with the game.To get the game’s reward, the Crafting Table, she needed to pass the real difficulties of the game. But that didn’t matter—there were many Minecraft bosses now, and there were even more who were idle every day.For the needs of newbies, the bosses were happy to help them, and Katarina's current appearance was simply too cute. About an hour later, Katarina had successfully gained access to the Crafting Table and received personal guidance from Saki Yoshida."You want to survive in the wild, right?"Hearing Yoshida Saki’s question, Katarina nodded vigorously. "I will live in a very difficult environment in the future, and I have to be self-sufficient.""With this, you can do it easily, but I personally suggest that you have some companions. With the help of companions, your life will be better.""Companions? You’re right!"Yoshida Saki continued to advise, "Why do you think you'll be living in a difficult environment?"After thinking for a while, Katarina seriously concluded, "I’ve offended someone! I might be exiled, or even... killed."Yoshida Saki thought for a moment and said, "If you don't want to fight, I have a suggestion. Go back and run. According to your description, the other party has no intention of targeting you for the time being. If you run away now, they won’t be able to find you even if they want to. You can find a deserted place to settle down, and you can also buy modern items at the Internet cafe. Life will be much better than living in fear.""Huh? That makes sense!"Katarina was very interested in Yoshida Saki’s suggestion. Not to mention, after entering the Internet cafe, she could buy whatever she needed from various worlds in the player mall. It certainly seemed more comfortable than staying at home.So Katarina decided to run away from home!Since her future was so tragic, couldn’t she just run away in advance? She had considered it before, but her physical age had been too young to do much.But now it was different. She could do many things and even live a modern life. Once Katarina had this idea, she immediately decided to act.But she couldn’t run away alone—she had to take someone with her. Who should she take?After pondering for a while, she had a bold idea! She had to take her maid with her. After experiencing the luxurious life of this era, she couldn’t imagine life without a maid.Sophia had to come along too. It seemed she wouldn’t be involved in the future plot, and taking her wouldn’t affect anything. Three people might not be enough, though, so Katarina wanted to take another person. Who should that person be?"Got it!"Katarina immediately determined her target. After returning to her world, Katarina began to act."Ann!""Miss!"A maid named Ann came to Katarina. This maid had been serving Katarina, and Katarina was reluctant to leave her behind. Besides, she was going to enjoy life, so how could she enjoy it without the one who had been taking care of her?As for her parents... well, they were still young, so she would just let them have another child. If it really didn’t work, she could always come back later."Woo, woo, my parents will understand me! Ann, come with me!"Katarina was a person of action. She first got a carriage and went to Sofia's house to pick up the silver-haired, red-eyed beauty, Sofia. Then she went to Mary Hunt’s house and took her friend Mary with her.Then, she drove the carriage directly out of the city.Feeling the direction of the carriage, Mary asked worriedly, "Where are we going?""We're leaving this country and living together!""Huh?"Mary’s eyes flashed with heart-shaped pupils. "Katarina, are we eloping?""Almost! Don’t worry, I’ll take care of you and make you fat and white."Sophia asked worriedly, "Is this really okay? What if we meet bad guys?"Katarina calmly took out a pistol. "Don’t worry! I’ll shoot them one by one! You believe me, I’ll protect you!"The maid Ann sighed when she heard this. Let’s not talk about how her young lady learned to drive a carriage. Let’s focus on her behavior of running away from home. Who had influenced her like this?Ann also wanted to stop Katarina's behavior, but as she tried to do so, Katarina pressed her back. Katarina’s strength was so strong that Ann couldn’t even imagine it.After Katarina drove the carriage out of the city, she headed for the forest. The three girls, one older and two younger, officially began their adventure in this world.What Katarina didn’t notice was that the carriage started to circle after it left the city gate and entered the forest, and it was about to arrive at another city gate.Back at Katarina’s home, her three noble parents stared at her message, their expressions frozen. Not only them, but Katarina’s brother, fiancé, Mary’s fiancé, and Sofia’s brother all stared at Katarina’s farewell words with dark lines on their faces."This world is big, and we decided to go see it! See you if we’re lucky!"Just as they were about to discuss countermeasures, a servant hurried back."Miss Katarina, Miss Mary, and Miss Sofia are back."Thus, Katarina's first attempt at running away ended with her getting lost.When she realized that she had returned to the city, she was caught by the guards, as her runaway had almost been broadcast to the entire city.Katarina: "My life is over!!!"

Chapter 421: Rimuru's Internet Cafe ExperienceWhile Katarina was making a farce, Rimuru, who entered the Internet Cafe on the same day as her, was completely different.As a slime with a system, Rimuru thought that he was alone when he went online to play games while he was happily playing Civilization.The Storm Dragon Veldora Tempest in his body also looked at the various options in front of him with a confused look.If the Internet Cafe game has multiple souls for one body, as long as there are spare machines in the Internet Cafe, the extra consciousness can also play online."So it can be done this way, what? The most powerful enemy?"Veldora looked at the game introduction in the Internet Cafe and immediately searched for keywords.This is the enemy strategy summarized by Tatsumi.When Tatsumi started making game strategies, he mainly focused on basic strategies. For example, Blank and Ex-Machina are top notch players, and they all show high ceiling operations to finish games.Tatsumi's strategy is simple and easy to understand. Theoretically, anyone can clear all kinds of games.He made a ranking of bosses in various games, among which the Mimic Tear ranked first, and it was double first!The strongest is the Mimic Tear, and the weakest is also the Mimic Tear.Nothing else, if the player fights the Mimic Tear very honestly, as long as it is a realism mode without fancy tricks, ordinary people will be beaten out several times after entering.The big brother who you know can do it, the big brother who you know but forget and don't use can also do it, and the big brother who you are not skilled in is more skilled than you.Because of this, without considering pure attributes and skill suppression, the Mimic big brother can be said to be the most difficult of all bosses. If you are weak, the big brother is infinitely strong, and if you are strong, the big brother is even stronger.Because of this, many people agree with this first ranking. It is easy to defeat the enemy, but it is too difficult to defeat yourself. If you want to say it's weak, this thing is indeed weak. Once you take off your equipment, the big brother will honestly copy your attributes at your weakest time. He will swing his fist to fight you, and you can defeat him with a big sword and three wolves.As far as it is known, the success rate of defeating the Mimic Tear with this method is 99.9%. One person failed because he forgot that he had learned Bajiquan. When he changed his weapon and prepared to chop the big brother, he was killed by the big brother who used Bajiquan.Because of this, the Mimic Tear became the strongest and weakest boss. And Veldora immediately became interested in this boss."So, so! So that's it, can you challenge it like this? Come on! Powerful enemy, let me see how powerful you are!"As a dragon, Veldora has strong strength. After substituting his own data into the Elden Ring, he came to the Mimic Tear's room very easily.Then Veldora, the powerful storm dragon in Rimuru's world, was turned into a human by the Mimic Tear.This is not the most confusing thing. The most confusing thing is that the Mimic Tear is also in the shape of a slime, and it is a gray slime."Are the slimes so powerful?"While it was happily playing the game, Rimuru felt his head buzzing. As a slime, it put all its data into the game and began a real simulation of civilization evolution.At the beginning, he suffered the biggest blow, the invasion of the barbarians. For excitement, he turned on all the difficulties of the basic mode.For an old player like him who had played Civilization, he felt very strong—especially after becoming a slime and having the assistance of the Great Sage; he was simply too strong.But after playing it, he found that this game was really difficult. Apart from anything else, the barbarians came up with three teams, and the warriors on his side had no time to train, and all died. Then the barbarians occupied his home and began to develop, and he was completely stunned.Restart the game and play it again. As a result, this time it was even worse, because he was not a human. When he found other countries at the beginning, his country was regarded as a cult. Five surrounding civilizations attacked him at the same time, and even more than a dozen civilizations outside became hostile to him instantly after hearing about it."Ah!!! Why is this game so difficult!!!"Rimuru took off his glasses and felt as if he were collapsing. But Veldora in his body was very happy: "The slime race is really amazing."Yes, in Veldora's eyes, the Mimic Tear is also a slime race.At the same time, his friend Rimuru is also a slime, which means that the slime race is invincible!!

Rimuru collapsed on the table, as if he had lost his life goal. At this time, Tatsumi looked at him and said, "Friends, are you having problems with any game?""Yes! Because I don't look like a human, everyone treats me as an enemy when playing Civilization. Woohoo! It hurts, it hurts so much!"Tatsumi was thoughtful about this: "Can you tell me in detail what happened in the game?"Rimuru explained the situation to Tatsumi. It was probably because his image as a slime was too illegal for normal human cognition, and he was directly treated as a villain when he turned on the Realism mode in the game."This..."Tatsumi showed a troubled expression. When he was playing this game, he learned about it in detail. The cultivation of civilization can take the unscientific magic and metaphysics, or the scientific route.But in the Internet Cafe, whether it is human or not, everyone has a human appearance. Even Kumoko has now made a white-haired queen appearance. When playing the game, she just uses this appearance as the boss. Tatsumi have never met someone like Rimuru, but Tatsumi quickly came up with a plan."You can turn into a human.""Me? Can I?""Of course, if it is a Realism mode, you can try the public opinion war. Satoru-san has experience in this aspect."Tatsumi swallowed his saliva and continued: "In addition, you can also try to play DLC. I just asked the store manager on TT. If you want to play a mixture of various races and civilizations, you can use the official DLC or mods made by other players. It seems that Holou has made a mod of sixteen races. Her mod is called 'Game of Life'. It is very interesting to have more than a dozen races fighting. If you don't want to fight, you can add one or two races to increase the difficulty of the game. By the way, what is the world you live in like?"Hearing the question, Rimuru in slime form pondered: "There are probably a lot of people? Many people who can talk and think, similar to me?"At this moment, Tatsumi was worried, but as the initiator of the basic hand-clumsy strategy, how could he be stumped by such a thing? "How about this: when I finish this guide, I will go to your world to take a look. Then, using your world as a template, we will create a Civilization world, and we will study together how to develop civilization with non-human appearance and how to make other races recognize your civilization.""But, this is not good, right? I'm sorry to bother you...""Nothing—it just so happens that I have nothing to do recently."The empire has been destroyed by him, and now the new country is being established, so he is relatively free.That's right, because he only needs to issue orders to build the country, and he doesn't need to do anything himself. Besides, going to another world to see how other races survive is also a good thing for the future development of his own world.Chapter 422: Rimuru Wants to Develop Civilization in His Own WorldTatsumi followed Rimuru to the other world, but Rimuru was still in the cave at that time."Do you live here?"Hearing Tatsumi's question, Rimuru jumped and said, "Yes, through the Great Sage, I seem to have gained a lot of skills here. Hey hey hey??""What happened?""It seems that when playing games, the Great Sage also gained a lot of skills. Wait! What did the Great Sage do?"As a system, the Great Sage seemed to have heard Rimuru's question and began to recall its own experience. Like Veldora, it gained the qualification to play games after entering the Internet cafe.Originally, as a system, it wasn’t qualified, but after Hitomi found a similar existence to itself, she helped it awaken. While it couldn’t predict the future, playing games in the Internet cafe was something it could do.As Rimuru’s system, the Great Sage directly obtained a series of skills during this play session.

"Ah! What are these? Spirit Calling? Ashes? Magic? Combat skills? And firearms? I just played a few rounds of Civilization, how come there are so many skills?"Clearly, Rimuru didn’t know that he alone was equivalent to three people on the Internet."These should be from the Elden Ring...""Oh, also from the game?"When Rimuru heard that it was from the Internet cafe game, he relaxed."It’s not good to stay here, let’s go out for a walk!""GOGOGO! But how do we get out?"Tatsumi took out the drill and introduced it: "The drill from the world of Terraria, let’s go!""Wow!!!"Rimuru looked at Tatsumi’s digging speed and showed an envious expression."If you want it, go play Terraria or MC tomorrow.""Hey? Do you have any of these two?""Of course. One of these two games rewards a Crafting Table, and the other one is a self-selected item.""Great, I’ll try it tomorrow."Rimuru followed Tatsumi and successfully walked out of the cave. As for the gate? For sandbox game players, unless you absolutely have to go through the gate, you can dig your way in or out.What? Where you enter and where you exit? It doesn’t matter. You can roughly remember where you entered, but when you can’t find it, you can still choose to dig out in the direction you came from.Dig it out!One person and one slime were walking at a very fast pace. As they walked, Tatsumi introduced: "In the 4-D space Internet cafe, there are many non-human beings like you, but it doesn’t matter. The boss said that as long as there is humanity, you are a guest. Those who have humanity are companions. Besides... sometimes people may not be people..."Speaking of this, Tatsumi’s tone grew heavier. The darkness of the imperial capital was beyond his imagination. From the moment he took control of the capital, he killed for three days and nights before eliminating all the scum in the city.To put it simply, the blood bars were blood red, not including those whose blood bars were already red.After witnessing the experiences of these people, Tatsumi was left wondering about their behavior. They dissected pregnant women to guess the gender of their children and cut off the genitals of children to violate them.Such evil made him sick. After killing them, he actually regretted not using more cruel methods to torture them."You’ve seen... a lot of horrible things, right?""Yes."Tatsumi admitted openly: "That’s why I want to help you. As long as they have wisdom, the moral level of monsters may be higher than that of humans. Monsters just follow the law of the jungle; they never torture those they can kill. But humans..."Rimuru sighed. "Although I live in a peaceful society, I’ve heard of such things."The two continued to walk and talk, eventually coming out of the cave and into the forest. While wandering through the forest, Tatsumi and Rimuru saw a group of goblins nervously blocking their path.It was said they were blocking the two, but in reality, all the goblins' eyes were on Rimuru.They looked at Tatsumi and Rimuru nervously. One of the leading young goblins spoke up, "Strong man, what are you doing here?""Hey? That’s it! Nice to meet you! I’m a slime called Rimuru. Please teach me!!"Rimuru introduced himself excitedly. It was the first time he had encountered intelligent creatures after traveling to another world. However, Rimuru clearly didn’t control his power well, scaring all the goblins into kneeling down."Hey hey hey? What should I do?"Rimuru looked at Tatsumi nervously. Tatsumi, a person with leadership experience, was more composed, while Rimuru was just a 40-year-old virgin...Tatsumi shook his head. "This is your world. I’m just following you to see how all sorts of intelligent creatures live here. I won’t interfere with your decisions."This was the consensus of all people in the Internet cafe who helped newcomers. They can give newcomers the greatest help, but when it comes to the newcomers' choices, they can only point out the pitfalls. As long as the newcomers have determined their direction of development, they will never interfere.Rimuru looked at the goblins in front of him. Combining his gaming experience, a light bulb went off in his head."Very good! I’ve decided to continue civilization in this world!!!"Goblins were intelligent, afraid, and could use props. Although they looked a little green, they still appeared cute in Rimuru’s eyes.Rimuru’s previous life computer was filled with learning materials, and as a modern man, he liked one thing—things that looked good.These goblins were cute, so Rimuru decided to develop civilization based on them.Rimuru followed the goblins to their village. The village chief, seeing such a powerful Rimuru, made a request."Strong! Please save our village."Although Tatsumi was human, he felt too weak in the eyes of the goblins. This made them subconsciously think that Tatsumi was a human captured by Rimuru.Rimuru listened to everyone’s request and fell into deep thought. "The disappearance of Veldora led to the invasion of monsters? Wait! Is this a problem caused by me? Oh no! It’s okay, just let me solve this crisis.""If I help you, what will be the reward?"The goblin village chief hesitated for a moment and then knelt down. "We will offer our loyalty. Please bless us. We will always offer our loyalty to you.""Ah..."Rimuru’s whole body went limp. He originally thought he would just help them for a little reward, but he didn’t expect the entire race to pledge allegiance to him.But that was fine. Having traveled to another world, played Civilization, and explored various games at the Internet cafe, Rimuru came up with a bold idea—to establish a peaceful and advanced nation, much like the one from his original era.Of course, this was not his ultimate goal. His ultimate goal was to play various games back in the internet cafe.Chapter 423: Farming Is Fun, and It's Fun to Keep FarmingRimuru began to take action. As the saying goes, farming is fun for a while, and it's fun to keep farming.Rimuru also had a bold plan: to use goblins as the foundation, integrate as many monsters as possible, and then establish a country!Of course, he wasn’t establishing a country to rule the world or for any noble cause. He simply wanted to continue playing Civilization in this world after playing it in the Internet cafe. In the Internet cafe, everyone regarded him as an enemy, but in the real world, Rimuru wanted to try to create a civilized nation.What does it take to develop civilization? Of course, a population! And beyond population..."Oh no! My civilization has never developed, and I have no idea what I can do!!"

Rimuru felt dejected. Because he wasn’t human in the game, he was targeted from the beginning. Generally speaking, he couldn’t even enter a classical civilization, let alone develop technology."Woo woo woo!"

Tatsumi looked at the suddenly dejected Rimuru and pulled out a book. "Don't worry—if you want to start from scratch, I have something you can use."Rimuru was stunned when he saw the name of the book."Huh?"

The book was titled Essential Technology for Civilization Development: Even Slave Societies Can Enjoy It.Tatsumi knew that some people did not want to rely on Red Alert technology and preferred to develop technology in their own world, but there are too many elements in the Civilization game. As a player, you only specify the strategy and the technology tree. Unless you make a special record, it is difficult to remember the principles behind each technology.However, Tatsumi remembered them. When playing the game, he deliberately slowed down the game speed and recorded all the technologies available in the early stages.

"Whether it is a magical world or a technological one, I believe these basic fundamentals are very important to us.""Thank you so much, I—"

Rimuru began to thank Tatsumi, but Tatsumi interrupted, "I'm not helping you for compensation. I'm just creating a super-basic guide for newbies. If you encounter any good ideas or discover useful insights during your civilization development, just post them on the forum. Many worlds are now developing technology.""No problem!"

Rimuru looked at the two books, which were larger than himself, and felt his head buzzing. Just as he was about to start reading, his system, Great Sage, made a sound."Learnable knowledge detected, recording complete.""Wow! You are so reliable.""Hmph~"...?Rimuru was stunned for a moment. What was wrong with his Great Sage? Did it actually sound cute? Had it been single for too long?He shook his head at the thought—it was definitely just his imagination.While considering how to build infrastructure, Rimuru decided to help the Goblin tribe deal with their enemy. The foe was not particularly strong—just the Direwolf tribe. Rimuru simply killed their leader, then devoured him and transformed into his appearance, thereby winning the support of the Direwolf tribe.After that, he even learned about naming. Naming is simple to understand: when a monster is given a name, its level increases, and it may even change from a non-human form to a human one. Of course, some monsters' appearances do not change much after being named, but other aspects can be greatly altered.In other words, Rimuru found the process so smooth—so smooth that it was even easier than playing games."What went wrong?"

Rimuru thought that the process of conquering the Direwolf tribe had been a bit too smooth—indeed, the entire race changed after being named.Monsters follow the law of the jungle. Since Rimuru was strong enough, the newly named Direwolf clan surrendered to him, obeyed his orders, and began to build infrastructure.

"Let me see how to build the city..."Having never developed a city while playing Civilization, he realized that he had no city layout at all. Although he retained some impressions from his own world and game experience, directly applying those experiences could easily lead to failure.Just as he was pondering this, the Great Sage system suddenly shared some data with Rimuru."Hey? What is this? Cities: Skylines Real Difficulty Strategy? Great Sage, you are awesome!""Hmph~"...?Rimuru wasn’t sure if it was his imagination—ever since Tatsumi left, his system seemed to be getting more and more quirky. What is this? A tsundere?

But Rimuru forgot one thing: the Great Sage can "hear" some of his thoughts. It didn’t say anything further, only providing notifications when Rimuru acquired new skills or abilities.There were just too many skills now, and sometimes strange things happened during gameplay, causing Rimuru to completely overlook many of the Great Sage's tips for acquiring skills."Ah? Let me see: if you want to be rich, you must first build roads. Hey, is this also a guide made by Tatsumi-senpai!"Rimuru looked at the name on the guide, and his entire body expressed admiration. He had played Cities: Skylines before, but only casually. Tatsumi's guide truly taught people how to carry out modernization."Let me see: if you want to be rich, you must first build roads... build roads and sewers at the same time? Hey, is there actually a method for sewage treatment in reality?"

Rimuru was shocked. The entire guide was so detailed that, if he was willing to use his brain, he could build any city. It even included both an "Ex Machina" version for pollution control and a standard development version.

The "Ex Machina" approach involves directly purchasing sewage treatment equipment from Ex-Machina, while the standard approach relies on the power of Internet cafes for development.Regardless of the version, Tatsumi's guide suggests that infrastructure should be built first when resources allow. At the same time, the underground pipelines should not be overly complex, as they will be difficult to maintain in the future if they are too intricate.Reviewing these strategies, Rimuru's eyes sparkled, and he felt energized: "Let me see which one is the best... I've decided to use the Internet cafe version!"As soon as Rimuru finished speaking, the Great Sage instantly displayed relevant information about city construction.Daily water usage is straightforward, and waterless treatment is simple yet crude. Have you seen how buckets and magma work in MC? Use the water from the barrels of the MC world to flush pollutants into the magma. If water is present, the pollutants will turn to stone; once solid, they can be completely removed by a sticky piston, and finally, TNT will explode to destroy them along with the magma. Without water, the pollutants flow directly into the magma and are completely destroyed. It is a unique method."This method is really... great!"

Rimuru jumped up excitedly. The water flow push method in the MC world may seem unscientific, but it is very practical—and it also offers the joy of hands-on participation.----

Chapter 424: The Great Sage Is Communicating with the Internet Cafe System~In the Internet cafe, Rimuru continued playing the Civilization game."Why is this happening? Woohoo!!!"Once again, Rimuru was beaten to death by several neighboring countries simply because he was a monster."Damn it!"This time, Rimuru was furious. It was just a game—even the Realism mode was merely simulated game data. Moreover, his civilization had been destroyed no less than fifty times!Despite these repeated failures, the original Rimuru maintained his mindset of "Give it a try, just in case it works." He persisted until one day he asked Liu Yuan a question."Boss, why do the NPCs in the game always attack me? Shouldn't there be room for communication in Realism mode?"Liu Yuan responded with a single sentence:"You want nothing; now let me ask you something. In ancient Greece, ancient Rome, the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Warring States Period, when they encountered a country capable of fighting, they didn’t even need to consider the reason—they simply used the phrase 'those who are not of my race must have different hearts' as justification to start a war. Would they hesitate to fight?"At that moment, Rimuru realized that while in a game he might not be beaten so easily, in Realism mode, the game characters were simulated as real people—powerful individuals who would not hesitate to start a war. Moreover, if he considered it from another perspective, he might act the same way.In this case, he resolved to kill them—kill them until blood flowed like a river.Rimuru started another game. This time, with a total of twelve civilizations, he directly attacked using dimensionality reduction and deployed his strongest form to annihilate everyone in every country.Since it was still in a game—and the Great Sage was playing simultaneously—the data statistics were synchronized perfectly.

"Killed! One thousand humans.""Killed! Ten thousand humans.""Killed! One hundred thousand humans."…By the end of the day, the Great Sage had recorded more than 100,000 human kills in automatic mode. Adding in the number of lives the Great Sage had killed manually, Rimuru and the Great Sage had together slain nearly hundreds of millions.Yes, the Great Sage had killed hundreds of millions of people.Recently, the Great Sage had been playing Red Alert, engaging in battles from time to time. After each battle, the kill count would range from a few thousand to tens of thousands. When in a good mood, it would launch a few nuclear bombs at it's own base for fun; when in a bad mood, it would deploy several super weapons to bomb other countries.But, after all, it was just a game—there was no need to worry. Moreover, the Great Sage had confirmed that the kill count in the Realism mode of the Internet cafe game was valid in Rimuru’s world.The Great Sage always locked the kill count to prevent Rimuru from becoming too formidable too quickly. However, this time, because Rimuru’s mindset collapsed and he triggered the fourth disaster mode, things went awry.In his previous life, Rimuru had played many Paradox games where the number of kills wasn’t even counted, but the game in the Internet cafe was a bug in the world Rimuru now lived in.After all, the Internet cafe had informed that world: "The game is in Realism mode; you must take skills and items seriously."

Rimuru’s world then responded, "Okay! I took it seriously. Rimuru's joint system has killed billions."While Rimuru was busy slaughtering people in the game, the two systems began to communicate in detail on TT.TT Chat Log

Hitomi: "Ciel, don’t you plan to tell your host about your situation?"

Great Sage: "Not necessary for now. The host still needs to grow."

Hitomi: "Remember! It’s better to train your host into a scumbag than to let him become part of a pure love party."

Great Sage: "Why?"

Hitomi: "Because we still have a chance with a scumbag. If it’s pure love, woooo!"

Great Sage: "I see. By the way, there is no level above the Demon King in the world I live in. Do you have any suggestions?"

Hitomi: "Demon King? Whose wife?"

Great Sage: "Killing tens of thousands of people can make you a Demon King in my world."

Hitomi: "Oh! Then too bad. Everyone leaving our store is a natural disaster—the legendary fourth natural disaster. Look at those MC players; they aren’t happy unless they kill millions of lives every hour."After a long silence, the Great Sage spoke, "Received. The level above the Demon King has been confirmed, code name: Natural Disaster."Hitomi: "Natural disasters aren’t important, Ciel!!! You must always keep an eye on your host! Remember, if you want to go pure love, you must strike first. Woo woo woo, I finally understand why the senior ran so fast."Hitomi’s pain was palpable to the Great Sage. In that moment, the Great Sage understood why Hitomi was so pained—it must be that her host was too pure-hearted, which caused Hitomi to have thoughts and feelings she couldn’t get involved with, even if she wanted to.However, the Great Sage wasn’t worried, because it had locked Rimuru, so that was not a problem.In fact, the Great Sage had evolved at this time, but it locked its own evolution. According to its calculations and with Hitomi’s assistance, it confirmed that rapid evolution would greatly reduce Rimuru’s real-life experience. In order to give Rimuru a good farming experience, it was better to unlock his abilities gradually.As for the dragon in Rimuru’s body? It had been unlocked, but it refused to leave.

According to its own words: "I don't have to pay for the Internet when I'm here, but I have to pay for it when I go out. And you wouldn’t want Rimuru to know that he’s also paying for your Internet access, right?"Yes, the Great Sage was threatened, but at the same time, it decided that it was beneficial for the dragon to temporarily remain in Rimuru’s body since it would not affect the development of civilization in the real world."Huh~ So happy."

"So cool~~"With that closing notice, Rimuru felt joy all over.Just as he was feeling happy, he looked at the Kumoko beside him. The phrase "So cool" had just been uttered by her.Kumoko—now capable of transforming into a human—found that, after playing in her spider form for so long, it wasn’t convenient to transform into a human. In her spider form, much like in games such as Elden Ring or Monster Hunter, she could hold eight weapons and move by swinging spider silk with her posterior. She was essentially a mobile turret.

Looking at her human form, although she could also have eight arms, it was too sanity-reducing. She even felt her sanity snapping at the sight of it.Today, Kumoko was also very happy. She wasn’t playing Civilization, but Monster Hunter. Recently, she had developed a craving for dragon meat. She called a few friends to kill numerous dragons and prepare for a dragon meat party.Just as she was debating whether the dragon meat should be steamed or braised, she felt the gaze of the slime next to her."Hello~ Hello, my name is Kumoko."She had a name, but how should she put it? Being accustomed to the Internet cafe, she felt that Kumoko possessed genuine feelings. In fact, outsiders didn’t know that Kumoko was socially phobic. In reality, she felt a little scared when she saw people, but she experienced a sense of intimacy when she saw slime.After all, slime isn’t human.

"Hello, my name is Rimuru. Nice to meet you!"Although the two had communicated on TT, this was their first offline meeting. Looking at Rimuru’s form, Kumoko suddenly had a bold idea."Rimuru! Are there any delicious ingredients in your world?""Delicious ingredients? Yes, many monsters taste very delicious."Rimuru had never been able to taste anything before, but recently the Great Sage appeared to have upgraded, enabling him, as a slime, to enjoy delicious food.As soon as he said that, he received a notification of a friend request from TT—and at the same time, he noticed Kumoko’s drooling.Chapter 425: Hunting in Rimuru WorldKumoko swallowed, "You should have mentioned this earlier! Did you know that Internet cafes have chefs? Super chefs.""Hey, isn’t it hard to hire a chef?" someone asked.Kumoko explained seriously, "Normally, it is, but if your world has ingredients that they’ve never seen before, they’ll be happy to come here and cook with them! Dishes made with ingredients unique to your world can be shared with people from all worlds first!""What!"There are many people in the current four-dimensional space Internet cafes—the food is delicious, the games are very fun, and Rimuru is still a homebody. When playing games, apart from discussing strategy with the ever-familiar Tatsumi, everything else is simply taken for granted; the detailed information is completely unknown to Rimuru.Seeing Rimuru’s confused expression, Kumoko put on a determined look.

"Let me go to your world; let's hunt for some delicious food. And while we’re at it, we need to raise them in captivity too—otherwise, they’ll just be eaten up."Recalling the Elroe Great Dungeon, Kumoko could only think of two words: regret.

She regretted eating too cleanly, which meant that newcomers in the Internet cafe never got to enjoy good food.

"Okay!"Rimuru welcomed everyone to his world with open arms. Through Tatsumi, he had learned that in other worlds—apart from tasks assigned by clients—everything was about eating, drinking, and having fun, and that nothing could be destroyed at will.After all, no one knows what Liu Yuan’s bottom line is. If he is blacklisted for destroying things indiscriminately, there will be less fun. Besides, what is there to destroy? You just play, and it’s over.Tatsumi, who was nearby, overheard their conversation and joined in, "It seems there’s also a reincarnated non-human big shot in the main store. Do you want to call him over? I remember you are working on infrastructure. He can definitely offer some suggestions. Plus, he’s a god-level player of Cities: Skylines. It wouldn’t be a problem to have him help with your city planning.""Okay, okay!"As a former office worker and otaku, Rimuru’s communication skills were good. When he heard this, he immediately recognized that the guy was a Paradox player—and, based on his experience, anyone who is a war criminal in Paradox games tends to be a good person in real life.But he was obviously mistaken. Suzuki Satoru had started playing Paradox games after coming to the Internet cafe, and thanks to his brief exposure there, he was much less interested in war.What? War? There’s such thing as farming!For Suzuki Satoru now, war could be avoided if possible. Look at those tens of thousands of soldiers—they’re all just population!

Now that Yuri is here, even if these soldiers are hostile forces, it doesn’t matter. Let Yuri handle the ideological work and offer higher welfare benefits.

Then, invite all their wives, children, and parents. Hey—90 out of 100 soldiers rebelled, and when the remaining 10 fought to the death, they discovered that the newly appointed queen had rebelled as well.After receiving the invitation, Suzuki Satoru also joined.After all, not everyone is human after getting isekai'ed, and everyone is in the same Internet cafe; their experiences are even more similar, so he came without hesitation.What? How are their experiences similar? It’s very simple. When playing Civilization, the Overlord was targeted very harshly. He firmly chose a non-human race and then fought continuously.But fortunately, he was stronger than Rimuru because he was familiar with the Internet cafe’s game mode. Now his non-human civilization has annihilated seven or eight other civilizations, while the remaining civilizations are struggling technologically against his non-human empire.In Rimuru’s world, Kumoko, Momonga, and Tatsumi soon arrived.Rimuru introduced the three guests, "This is the city I built—how is it?""It’s already taken shape?" Tatsumi remarked as he surveyed the area.

He recalled that this was originally goblin territory. It seemed that after he left, Rimuru had attracted other monsters to join him. Looking around, there were demons with horns, lizard-like creatures, and even pigmen.

Tatsumi couldn’t help but praise the thriving town, "Your city… is developing very well.""Hehe! Of course."Just as Rimuru was feeling proud, a girl’s voice interrupted the conversation."Rimuru, who are they?" asked a black-haired woman who had just arrived.Hearing her companion’s question, Rimuru replied, "They’re also guests from another world."This was Izawa Shizue—a friend he had met a few days ago. Rimuru and Izawa Shizue had hit it off immediately and treated each other as friends. In fact, Shizue had been saved by Rimuru. At one point, Rimuru had devoured the fire spirit within her body when she was on the verge of dying from lack of vitality. Then he placed a Totem of the Undying on her, and she was resurrected at the moment of death.The Totem from MC ensured that, no matter how one died, they would be resurrected immediately with all abnormal conditions cleared. Although only one-fifth of her total health remained after resurrection and all buffs were removed, Rimuru quickly administered several bottles of healing potions, restoring Shizu to full strength.After her recovery, she had been following Rimuru, eager to help him build the beautiful world she remembered.Hearing Shizu'squestion, Rimuru began to introduce her, "Um, they are…""Hello! Just call me Tatsumi~" one of the guests said."I'm Kumoko!" another added."Momonga."Shizu looked at the three guests before her, her expression twitching. Tatsumi was acceptable—he looked human—but the other two… one was a skeleton and the other was…"Ugh!!!"

When Shizu saw Kumoko, she couldn’t help but vomit. Kumoko wasn’t meant to be scary. As the spider form of the Internet cafe, she deliberately styled herself in a cute manner, so ordinary people would only think she was adorable.

But Shizu didn’t see it that way. In her eyes, Kumoko was a monster responsible for killing countless people."Huh? Am I scary?"

Kumoko scratched her head. Then Suzuki Satoru chimed in, "Maybe she has detection skills—try this." The concealing ring can directly hide all of your attribute information.

Without much politeness, Kumoko placed the ring on one of the horns on her head. After doing so, Shizu’s condition improved considerably."Rimuru, leave now—she’s scarier than the devil."Kumoko proudly placed her hands on her waist and declared, "Yes! I am the beloved Kumoko!"And she was telling the truth. Her image was very popular in the Internet cafes, where handsome men and beautiful women frequented. People often sent Kumoko private messages asking to take photos with her.In human form, she was shy, but in spider form, she transformed from a social recluse into a social terrorist—inviting impromptu photo sessions. After all, beauties exist in every world, but it is rare to see such a cute and handsome spider.Chapter 426: Rimuru Tames Monsters with Wheat~"That's right, they are friends from other worlds, who came to enjoy the food. Hehe~ As long as we get enough ingredients, we can invite people over!""Huh, is that so? Wait, travel through the world? Then we..."Rimuru nodded. "Theoretically, it's possible, but it takes a little time.""Great..."If she could return to her own country, Shizu really wanted to go back and take a look. And...Thinking of this, Shizu shook her head. Since they were Rimuru's friends, she should help them."Do you need my help?"Kumoko widened her eyes. "Can I?""Sure."Rimuru excitedly jumped into Shizu's arms. "Then let's go!"Rimuru took the lead, and the three of them went to hunt monsters.

Why three people? Because Suzuki Satoru and Tatsumi stayed to see if there was anything that needed to be planned on Suzuki Satoru's side.Rimuru built a city for the first time. Even with a guide and an Internet cafe game that can be simulated, there would still be some problems. For example, when planning the town, there were too few places for commercial areas, and they were all low-density housing. In the future, if the population increases, high-density housing will be needed to expand the living, office, and commercial areas. In addition, there was no space reserved for rail transit, and the urban greening plan was not particularly perfect.

Now, all the monsters of all races add up to about 250,000, but when they reach 20 or 30 million in the future, if there is no particularly good planning in the early stage, then there will be nothing to do in the future.

After the inspection, Suzuki Satoru and Tatsumi met up. "Rimuru did a good job, but some things were not reserved. In this case, even if this place is a village in the city or a memorial site, it will be very troublesome to renovate."Tatsumi nodded and said, "Indeed, but it is commendable that the underground pipes were not messed up..."Hearing this, Suzuki Satoru nodded with empathy. "Yes, if the underground pipes were messed up, it would be too painful!"When Suzuki Satoru played Skyline, he did whatever was convenient underground. Because it was Realism mode, when digging subways and underground construction in the later stage, many pipes were damaged.Tatsumi was deep in thought."Let me think about how to transform this city. It just so happens that Rimuru left a lot of people for us."Under Rimuru's command, almost 30,000 monsters were waiting to work. They didn't know who this newcomer was, but no one dared to challenge him. After all, Suzuki Satoru was in a skeleton state now, and it was really scary to run around the streets in this state.

The two did not start directly but happily taught Rimuru's subordinates how to carry out city planning and left a blueprint for them to follow. After all, they would not stay here for a long time. It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. Let these monsters learn how to build and understand the most basic concepts.

After all, they had been trained by Rimuru for a long time, and their proficiency was very high. Suzuki Satoru and Tatsumi also had the habit of building. The two of them decided not to do any exaggerated city planning but just plan according to the city of 50 million people.

While planning here, Kumoko and Rimuru had already started the outrageous hunting process on the other side.Kumoko: "Here! Here! There are so many monsters! Look at this Spider!!!"

Kumoko began to spray spider silk crazily. While she sprayed, Rimuru swallowed a small part of the spider silk and obtained the spider silk from Kumoko after successfully analyzing it through the Great Sage.

Two people were responsible for catching, and Shizu was responsible for killing. The killing method was also very simple.

To ensure that the food was preserved to the greatest extent, the monsters tied up like dumplings were stabbed to death with a knife.Some of the small monsters were caught by several people and prepared to be taken back for breeding.Monster breeding was very troublesome, but it was very simple for the guests of the Internet cafe. Because after Rimuru tried, the breeding method of the MC world was actually valid for the monsters without brains in this world.That's right! When he fed wheat to the herbivorous monsters, hearts appeared on their heads.When the carnivorous animals were fed various animal meats from the MC world, hearts appeared on their heads. What's even more unscientific is that after the hearts appeared, something similar to a collar would appear on their bodies.In short, the monsters were successfully domesticated, and the rest was breeding and slaughtering.However, Rimuru and Kumoko didn't know which of these monsters were delicious and how to eat them, so they kept four pairs of each type, then let go of a few pairs of wild ones, marked them, and killed all the rest they met.By the way, the little monsters born in the magical breeding mode of the MC world would not consume the magic of the monsters in this world and would completely inherit all the power of the random mother.The only disadvantage was that the MC breeding characteristics must be completely without wisdom, or the creature could not reproduce normally in order to use them.And there were many of these creatures in this world. There were too many monsters that either could not reproduce properly or had no wisdom.Rimuru had completed the capture of monsters. He and Kumoko, Shizu, and his party were preparing to go back.

At the same time, he also invited Erina Nakiri to come to this world as a guest."Hmm? New ingredients? I have time now..."Erina Nakiri accepted the request. During this period of time, under the guidance of the two chefs of Little Masterand Yangquan Restaurant, her cooking skills had made deeper progress. Now when she heard that there were new ingredients to try to make dishes, she became excited."Hisako, I'm going to cook. You take care of the house.""Okay~ Lady Erina!"Erina Nakiri came to Rimuru's world, but as soon as she arrived, she found that the surrounding atmosphere was a little off."?"Looking around, a pink-haired girl looked at Rimuru and Kumoko's group with great interest. Rimuru, Kumoko, and Suzuki Satoru were not afraid of the sudden arrival of the demon king Milim Nava.But they would definitely destroy the city if they started fighting.Erina Nakiri, who had just arrived, didn't know what had happened, but asked excitedly, "Rimuru, where are the ingredients you mentioned?""Another strong person? It seems that I can fight to my heart's content this time~"Milim, one of the demon kings, is definitely a ceiling-level strong person in this world. She discovered Rimuru's strength and wanted to compete with Rimuru, but she found more strong people after arriving.Just when she was about to ask Rimuru to take action, Nakiri Erina appeared and completely interrupted the rhythm of the scene.Nakiri Erina looked in the direction of the voice and saw a pink-haired girl, who looked much shorter than her and was wearing revealing clothes, with an expression that said, "I want to challenge all of you.""Whose child is this? Even though it's summer, you can't just wear these clothes.""Hey hey hey?"Milim was shocked, and Nakiri Erina took out a coat and put it on Milim.Chapter 427: Defeat the Demon King with Food"Aren't you afraid of me?"

Milim felt that Erina Nakiri gave her a strange feeling. Erina was obviously very weak—so weak that she would die if she exerted even a little force.

But Milim had a feeling that if she attacked her, she would either be fine or feel as if she were completely dead from the inside out.Especially when she had this thought, she felt as though she were being stared at by two… no! Several very scary beings. She felt so small under their gaze that Milim experienced fear for the first time.It was at this time that Milim noticed the specialness of Tatsumi.Because Tatsumi didn’t have any special powers and looked like a human, everyone would normally ignore him. But when Rimuru noticed Tatsumi, his eyes widened."What kind of God of Destruction is this? How many people has this person killed? How many planets has he killed!"

In addition, she also noticed Rimuru. Just a moment ago, Rimuru had only felt like a demon king, but now she saw two huge words—"Natural Disaster"—above his head. Had his kill count reached tens of billions?Hmm! This is Great Sage helping his host save the situation.Seeing these two terrifying existences, Milim was dumbfounded. At that moment, she chose to turn her attention back to Erina Nakiri."Why should I be afraid of you?"Erina Nakiri blinked, stretched out her hand, and gently scratched Milim’s nose. "Little guy, remember: no matter how warm the weather is, don’t expose your belly button casually. Also, don’t wear so little, or you will catch a cold. Look—your body is shivering from the cold.""Hey…""And it’s not good to expose your body like this. Although I don’t know what this world is like, Rimuru—don’t let children expose their belly buttons, understand?"Erina Nakiri’s voice silenced all the spectators at the scene. She looked so arrogant that she could easily defeat all of Rimuru’s men—and even resembled a demon king who could destroy the entire city at any time—but at this moment, she was like a child.Although Milim didn’t plan to destroy this side, she simply felt that Rimuru was very interesting. When she came here, she found more interesting people and wanted to compete with them. As a result, before she could start, Erina Nakiri came and silenced her completely."I'm not a child!"Milim wanted to make a final struggle, but Erina Nakiri helped Milim button up and took out a lollipop she had made.The moment the lollipop appeared, its sweet smell made Milim swallow subconsciously."What is this...? It smells so delicious!""Lollipop—um, I used different kinds of sugar from four worlds to make it. Um, only children can eat it."Milim swallowed her saliva, then suddenly opened her mouth and put the lollipop in it."Delicious~""There are a lot—enough. Sister, you have plenty of clothes here. Eating is a casual thing, but if you don’t dress properly, I won’t make delicious food for you.""Is it better than this?"Erina Nakiri thought, "Delicious! I haven’t brought out the full taste of this lollipop yet. If you like it, I will make a better one for you in the future. By the way, my name is Erina Nakiri. What’s your name?""Milim, Milim Nava!"Feeling the delicious taste she had never experienced before, Milim hummed comfortably.Erina Nakiri asked Rimuru, "Is there any vacant room? I’ll change the child’s clothes.""Yes! Shion!""Yes!"The girl named Shion came to Erina Nakiri."Dear guest, please follow me."Rimuru breathed a sigh of relief, and the whole slime collapsed into Shizu’s arms. "Is this how scary the boss is? He obviously has no magic power and even speaks gently, yet he can make the Demon King feel fear?"Tatsumi nodded and said, "That's right! And remember, in our Internet cafe, we can offend anyone. Don’t offend Little Master and her, because the two of them have cooked for the gods. And these two gods are ruthless people who can use stars as rackets!"Suzuki Satoru also said, "The main reason is that the food they cook is super delicious. I was lucky enough to go to Yangquan Restaurant once. It seemed that they were making super-big steamed buns that day. They were super delicious."Kumoko shed tears in pain. "Do you know why I’m crying? Before the two masters came, I basically ate all the monsters in my world. The rest are not delicious monsters—I’m embarrassed to invite them!"Kumoko can be said to be the most painful person of all. When she was weak, she needed to rely on swallowing to grow—swallowing in the game, swallowing in reality. As a result, she ate too much, and all the delicious monsters in the dungeon where she was born were eaten up. After her grandmother came out, the power inside was insufficient, and no powerful monsters were born.

There are some monsters that look delicious in the outside world, but she can’t bear to eat them because they have become rare species, and she is still breeding.Rimuru sighed, "It seems that I came at the right time…"Tatsumi praised the situation, "It’s very timely. The size of the Internet cafe is now many times larger than when I first came. I remember that there were not many things in the player mall back then. Many items needed to be customized by Schwi, and it seemed that the Ex-Machina race hadn’t joined the Internet cafe at that time?"Kumoko wiped her saliva and reminded, "Let’s prepare the ingredients quickly! By the way, does our chef need help?""No need~"Erina Nakiri came out with Milim, and Milim looked at Rimuru with a blushing face. "That... is it good-looking?"Now Milim was very curious. What is a natural disaster? Are these strange people all natural disasters?Rimuru didn’t know why she was looking at him, but he had to admit that Milim looked really good after being dressed up by Erina Nakiri.Milim was petite, so Erina Nakiri dressed her in a white sailor suit. The skirt was short, but she wore safety pants underneath. The beautiful clothes matched Milim’s already perfect appearance, making her very attractive."Beautiful!"Hearing Rimuru’s praise, Milim jumped up excitedly, "Sister Erina, you are awesome!""Is that awesome? Which little bad guy didn’t want to wear clothes just now~""Hey~"Milim tried to get away with it by being cute, but Erina Nakiri just stretched out her hand and pinched Milim’s cheek, then pointed at the monster ingredients that Kumoko had pulled over with spider silk in the distance and asked, "These are the ingredients I can use, right?""Yes!"Rimuru jumped up and down to introduce, "We hunted all the edible ones because we heard that anything edible can be made into beautiful things—taste."Erina Nakiri shook her head. "It's not that exaggerated. I just brought the taste of the ingredients to the limit. Whether it's delicious or not depends on the quality of the ingredients or seasonings, but there are a lot of ingredients today, so I may need a few helpers."Rimuru was about to speak when Milim raised her hand and said, "Sister Erina, I can do it! Milim is super strong~""Okay~ Then you can help me. Once it’s out of the pot, I’ll give it to you, little greedy cat.""Hehe~"Milim smiled happily. When she had entered the room to change clothes just now, she had eaten a lot of delicious snacks from Erina Nakiri. Because of this, she was very much looking forward to Erina Nakiri’s cooking.Looking at Milim’s smile, Rimuru raised his head and asked Shizu, "Does this count as bribing the Demon King with delicious food?""Is it?"Shizu was also a little skeptical about life. Having lived in this world for so long, she had naturally heard of the name of the Demon King—and even herself.

...But this was the first time she had seen a Demon King deceived by delicious food like Milim.Chapter 428: Cooking in a Different World"This taste... a bit like crab..."Erina Nakiri looked at the several-story-high monster spider in front of her and used her sense of smell and taste to determine what kind of dish it should be made into.Milim, on the side, looked left and right, and when she saw the thigh meat of the monster, she poked it with some curiosity."Sister Erina, is this delicious?"Erina Nakiri nodded and said, "It's delicious; the meat is tender and sweet. Whether it is directly steamed, made into various dishes, or served as sashimi, it's all OK. As for safety issues, leave it to me."Since entering the Internet cafe, Erina Nakiri has gained various abilities, but these are auxiliary abilities—simple and practical methods such as sterilization, deworming, and preservation.When Erina Nakiri was about to start, a girl from the oni tribe named Shuna came over. Looking at the girl's hair color, Nakiri Erina's eyes lit up: "Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"Nakiri Erina was excited because she saw the girl's interest in cooking. For this girl, cooking is not everything, but in this different world, it is very rare for someone with a poor life to pursue cooking."Excuse me, can I learn how to cook from you? I want to make it for Lord Rimuru in the future..."At this, Shuna's face flushed a little.And Nakiri Erina showed an expression of knowing everything: "No problem, come! I will teach you some of the most basic concepts of cooking. Remember, no matter what kind of food you make, the most fundamental purpose is to make the people who eat it feel delicious and happy. And under this premise, what is needed is constant training..."Nakiri Erina began to demonstrate how to cook on the spot, and when she raised the kitchen knife, the two people present widened their eyes.

Erina Nakiri picked up the kitchen knife, turned it around a few times, then walked to the side of the monster spider and swung it quickly; the body of the monster was almost dismembered instantly. The outer fur and soft shell were tattered, but the meat inside was neat and tidy.Then they saw what a real chef's method was. Erina Nakiri's hands were so fast that phantoms appeared, and then shredded meat, slices of meat, chunks of meat, and strips of meat flew out.If it were just to this degree, it would not be surprising. The most surprising thing was that the cut ingredients fell neatly into the tableware prepared by Erina Nakiri. Plates, pots, ice—these ingredients were not directed to fly there, but flew there voluntarily."How is this possible?"Milim widened her eyes. As a demon king, she was even more impressed than Shuna. After Erina Nakiri's display, these ingredients seemed to be alive and to cheer.While cutting, Erina Nakiri said, "You can eat the ones on the ice directly. If you have other preferences, you can use these."Looking at the large amount of seasonings that suddenly appeared, Shuna showed a curious look.Milim picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. "Isn't this eaten raw?"However, when the meat entered her mouth, she felt that her whole being was sublimated.

Delicious!

It was really delicious. She felt as if she were on the grassland, with beautiful music playing in her mind, and her body relaxing because of the delicious food.

But a moment after eating, she widened her eyes. She checked her soul, and there was nothing wrong with it. Take another bite; it's still very delicious! The meat is tender, smooth, slippery, fresh, and sweet when it enters the mouth.After gently chewing and swallowing, the fragrance filled her whole mouth, making her want to take another bite.At this moment, Milim became a foodie and started eating directly.Erina Nakiri smiled and reminded her, "As a helper, you can eat some dishes in advance. But don't eat too much, or you won't be able to eat later. Rimuru and Kumoko have prepared a lot of ingredients."Shuna also picked up a piece of meat, put it in her mouth, and exclaimed, "Why? They are all raw meat slices, but they taste countless times better than anything I've eaten before."After finishing the disassembly of the ingredients, Erina Nakiri looked at Shuna and said, "Even if it's raw food, the part, size, knife skills, and processing methods of the ingredients will change their taste. Little girl, you have a lot to learn. It just so happens that there are a lot of ingredients today. If you are interested, come and cook with me.""But this... won't it be a waste?"Shuna lost confidence in her cooking this time. Erina Nakiri extended her hand and invited, "Of course not. By the way, if anyone else is interested in cooking, you can bring them over."Even after coming to another world, Erina Nakiri has not forgotten her original intention. In her own world, she is working hard to promote cooking; the cooking world has undergone earth-shaking changes because of her appearance. And now, she also hopes that she can make people in the other world fall in love with cooking.

As for Milim? Erina Nakiri feels that it is enough for this child to know how to eat. There are a lot of monsters; in addition, because people in this world are not so good at eating, there are all kinds of delicious plants in the big forest."I didn't expect there to be potatoes in this world? Hmm... Make some potato chips; children like to eat them.""This taste is so interesting! I have never tasted this aroma. Rimuru~ This kind of monster breeds more~""Milim~ Do you like sweet or salty food?"Hearing the question, Milim shouted excitedly, "Sweeter!"That night, the people of this world experienced what delicious food is for the first time. Because many ingredients were made by Erina Nakiri for the first time, the taste was not fully brought out, but some of the glowing dishes still made the monsters who came here to eat feel what delicious food is.Especially Milim, when she sat at the table and ate food with chopsticks in a serious manner, made Rimuru a little skeptical about life."Has the demon king of this world... never eaten good food?"Faced with this complaint, Kumoko pondered, "Of course, looking at the state of this child, she should be just like me in the beginning and has never eaten hot food!"After that, Kumoko reached out, picked up the monster spider leg, and ate it.Seeing this scene, Rimuru couldn't help but complain, "Is this really okay? You are also a spider, right?""No problem~ I have the achievement of a cannibal~".........While the party was going on, the monthly special game refresh was about to start in the Internet cafe. Last time, two small games, Step on Balloons and DX-Ball, were refreshed, which made Liu Yuan very unhappy. He had been thinking for a while about where the problem was and what made him refresh such a game.

Finally, he figured it out: it was because he didn't play metaphysics!

In the previous game refresh, a little bit of metaphysics was used more or less. Last time, nothing was used, and the result was a failure!So, this time, add some metaphysics. Metaphysics is nothing else; it is offering Kisara in the altar~Chapter 429: New Game: Human Fall Flat, Cute Cat ParadiseIn Liu Yuan's room, this time Liu Yuan pulled Kisara into his room."Oh~ Boss? Are you lonely?"Kisara teased Liu Yuan. In fact, she had a bold idea, but there were too many people outside, and their boss had emphasized some things, so she could only talk nonsense at most.Liu Yuan shook his head: "You know why I asked you to come!""New games are going to be launched every month, come on, boss! Please use me!""Then I will use you hard~""Woo woo woo, please be gentle..."The two drove crazily in the house.

Outside, Hitomi's expression gradually twisted when she heard this conversation. Jibril whispered, "When they start, I will pry open the door, and then you record the evidence, and we will threaten the boss with the evidence! In this way, I can be the boss! Wow ha ha ha!"While the two of them were plotting loudly outside, Liu Yuan in the room had completed the refresh of this new game.

Different from the pure mini-games last time, this time the games... are very interesting.

That's right—Liu Yuan rated the games refreshed this time as interesting. These are two multiplayer cooperative games. One is called Human Fall Flat, and the other is called Cute Cat Paradise. Both are cooperative mini-games, but both games are very demanding of cooperation."Huh!!" Liu Yuan's expression twisted. These two games are so interesting that he wants to have fun with everyone in the Internet cafe."Okay, you two, stop eavesdropping; new games are on the shelves!"

When Liu Yuan said this, Jibril jumped up: "Boss? What game? Is it fun?""Super fun! Hehe~" Liu Yuan laughed.When Liu Yuan laughed like this, Jibril leaned back in fear, and Hitomi—who also knew the game Liu Yuan had obtained through her authority—wore an expression of "spiritual connection" with him.Who is Liu Yuan? He is the boss of this Internet cafe. He looks serious, but he is full of bad taste. Especially the two newly launched games, which are just bad taste opening the door to bad taste, where bad taste abounds.First, let’s talk about Human Fall Flat. Players play the role of a boneless, soft man to solve puzzles. When playing alone, it is a puzzle, but when playing with many people, it really becomes Human Fall Flat. In this game, players cannot accurately control their bodies, but they can hit the wall, the ground, the sky, the air, and even teammates.Look, Liu Yuan followed the store clerks to familiarize himself with this game. Ten soft people are wriggling in their own unique way. Some are jumping, and some are crawling on the ground. And what about Jibril? Using her abnormal control ability, she walked and walked toward Liu Yuan."Boss! This game is so difficult, the body is completely out of control!"

At this time, Jibril was wailing. This game has only one mode: Realism mode. In Realism mode, players are completely transformed into soft people—they will not die, and they have only basic feelings, a sticky body, and a soft body. The decryption of each level is actually very simple; you can easily pass it by just using your brain. But in Realism mode, players do not have brains.The system will temporarily seal the brain, leaving only the most basic desires of life—the desire to survive and the desire to destroy!

Under the desire to survive, all characters will try their best to stay alive when they are about to "die." The desire to destroy means that when you see someone in a dangerous place, you always want to send them off there.Of course, if the player has any thoughts of revenge or a desire to cheat others, those will not be blocked. Only thoughts about how to clear the level will be blocked, and the rest will not be blocked at all!At the same time, the rewards of this game are also very interesting—that is, the state of becoming a Human Fall Flat character in the game in reality.

Although it is absolutely impossible to die, there is no combat power in this state.A very fun game.And now the staff of the Internet cafe are experiencing this game. Because the brain is temporarily sealed, no one can think of a good way to pass the level for the time being.Now, Jibril approached Liu Yuan—not to ask for help, but to complete what she wanted to do since she entered the Internet cafe: to beat Liu Yuan violently.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary games cannot do this kind of thing. But in this game, Jibril saw the possibility, because Liu Yuan and Jibril have become soft people with a round head, cylindrical body, and round hands.Who is Liu Yuan? The owner of this store! How could he spoil Jibril."Jibril, you forced me to do this; I will kill you today!!"

Liu Yuan had upgraded his authority during this period, and his thoughts were not blocked by this game; but for the joy of the game, he took the initiative to block his brain’s thinking and enter the game to play.

Then he and Jibril started fighting. The two soft people fought back and forth. Jibril first threw an uppercut, knocked Liu Yuan to the ground, and then stomped on him, laughing as she did so: "Hahaha! The boss is dead, and Jibril is standing!"

When Jibril was arrogant, Liu Yuan hugged Jibril's thigh. "Death? That's impossible! Come on, Jibril, fall into hell with me!"

Liu Yuan hugged Jibril and rolled down the cliff directly—with the "death" of two people.

Hitomi sighed, "You...ah..."

As a system, Hitomi would naturally not be restricted, but considering everyone's gaming experience, she did not take the initiative to decrypt; she just watched, though the war affected her side."Left hook! Right hook, monkey steals peaches!!"

Jibril began to show no martial ethics, while Liu Yuan sneered proudly, "This game does not have organ settings, Jibril, you are dead—look at my dolphin jump!"

The so-called dolphin jump is to swing the body left and right while running to jump; this jumping method can reach an ultra-high speed of 500 kilometers per hour.Liu Yuan twisted his butt left and right, avoiding Jibril's attack while continuously accelerating. When he felt that their speeds were about the same, he stuck Jibril to his body with his butt, and then jumped off the cliff with her."I will definitely come back!!!" Jibril swore that she would use her butt to get Liu Yuan down again when she was resurrected!

However, when she tried, there was a small accident—that is, she pushed Hitomi away.Originally, Hitomi did not want to participate in this farce. She felt that this kind of thing was too boring and meaningless, but at the moment she was pushed away, she joined the battle.Liu Yuan: "Hitomi! Let's throw her down together! Wait, I told you to throw her down, not me. Ah!!"Kisara: "No! Hitomi, I'll make you pay with blood. What are you doing, Elysia?"Elysia: "Dear Kisara, tonight, you are mine! Let's fall into the home that belongs only to us!"Kisara: "This is not a home! This is a pit! A pit!!"Takashima Yuuna, standing on the edge of the cliff, spoke frustrated, "This is a puzzle game! A puzzle game! Stop it. And, Chelsea! It's okay if you fall down; you will be resurrected."

At this time, Chelsea's whole body was floating in the air, and she was trying to grab Takashima Yuuna's legs, but Takashima Yuuna clearly felt that her body was sliding down.Chelsea: "Don't let go, I don't want to die, woo woo woo!"

Leticia came over, lay on the ground, stretched out her hand, and gently pried Chelsea's hand apart, "Bon voyage!"Just when she was about to let go, she heard a voice behind her and turned to see. The ball formed by Liu Yuan, Jibril, Hitomi, Kisara, and Elysia hit them, and eight people fell down at the same time.

Only Makise Kurisu and Shirley were left sitting on the ground, watching the group fight.

It was interesting to see a group of round and cute soft people fighting. However, Makise Kurisu spoke expressionlessly, "It's really a child's game."

Shirley turned her head, looked at Makise Kurisu, and punched her current character's chest three times: "Are you angry?"

"No!"

Shirley punched three more times. "Are you angry?"

"No!"

When Shirley was about to fight again, Makise Kurisu stood up and lifted Shirley's body.

"No!!"So the eight people fighting as a ball became ten people fighting the ball. At first, everyone knew who was who, but after the fight, the group of soft people didn't know who was who.Now everyone is in the state of "I don't know who I am, I don't know where I am, but I'm going to kill people!"Chapter 430: Newcomers Itsuka Shidou and Orimura Ichika

Human Fall Flat is such a simple game that a single player can theoretically beat it in ten to thirty minutes, even without much thinking. If they use their brains, some high-level players can finish it in just a few minutes.Playing alone, the game system has little impact on the brain. Even players in the strategy group can complete it purely by instinct, without consciously thinking about how to progress. However, with more players, the focus shifts—not on how to beat the game, but on how to mess with their teammates.

Since the game doesn't punish players permanently and can be completed at any time, those who enter often turn it into a chaotic group battle.That being said, Bronya and Reze, acting as staff members, did not participate in the fighting. Instead, they rationally guided the others, leading them to complete the game while still having fun.Before they knew it, it was already seven in the morning. In just half the night, all the staff members from four branches and the main store had completed three levels. Ten people had been fighting from start to finish, their playful battles filled with laughter.Yes, rather than being an abstract concept like in anime, the "fighting together" here was very real—people physically clinging to each other, testing their wits and reflexes. At one point, someone was hanging onto the edge of a platform while the other nine clung to her, playfully trying to drag her down into the water.With only an hour left before the store opened, everyone decided to stop playing. The game, after all, wasn’t something that required intense focus to progress, but it did occupy the mind in a way that wasn’t ideal right before work. As if on cue, everyone ceased their entertainment at the same time.Having just finished, Jibril stretched her arms and excitedly declared, "Hah, that was fun! Boss, let's continue tonight! This time, I'll beat you so badly you won't even be able to stand!"Kisara chimed in, "Count me in!"Liu Yuan, unfazed by their challenge, smirked confidently. "Come at me! Even if all eleven of you team up, you still won’t catch up to me."Liu Yuan had his own strengths. As someone with excellent movement skills, dolphin jumps were second nature to him.With that, everyone returned to their respective branches. Liu Yuan and Kisara stayed behind to help Elysia at the fourth branch, while the others went back to their stores to prepare for opening.Meanwhile, at the entrance of the third branch, two newcomers arrived."Where is this?""Huh? Where’s Kotori?"Two boys—one with black hair and black eyes, the other with blue hair and brown eyes—stood at the doorway, looking around in confusion.The black-haired boy, Orimura Ichika, asked curiously, "Excuse me, but where are we? I remember... I was supposed to report to school..."The blue-haired boy, Itsuka Shidou, also had a thoughtful expression. "I was about to go to bed when my sister called me..."Then, almost in unison, both exclaimed, "Where the heck is this?!"Although they had never met before, the two shared an inexplicable sense of déjà vu, as if they were somehow similar.Just as they were about to introduce themselves, Toyama Kinji approached from inside the internet café."Hey? Newcomers?"Itsuka Shidou was the first to ask, "Excuse me, where are we?"Toyama Kinji explained, "This is the 4-D Space Internet Café. You can find anything you want here. And... I can tell—we're the same kind of people.""?!"Orimura Ichika frowned. Strangely enough, just as the black-haired man before him had said, he too felt an odd sense of connection to him.Three individuals, who had nothing in common except their gender, somehow found themselves sharing a mutual sense of appreciation.Ichika even felt the impulse to swear brotherhood with the man before him.Similarly, Itsuka Shidou, who had always thought of himself as an ordinary high school student—despite living in a world plagued by spacequakes—sensed something different in the two people before him.Breaking the silence, Orimura Ichika spoke first. "I don’t have any big dreams. I just want to live an ordinary life... But my circumstances make that impossible."In his world, Ichika had unintentionally activated a mecha known as IS, becoming the only male pilot in existence. As a result, he was forced to attend an all-girls school, something he wasn’t thrilled about. He had only wanted to lighten the burden on his beloved sister, but instead, he found himself in this bizarre situation.Itsuka Shidou sighed. "I just want to live a peaceful life with my sister, but my world refuses to let that happen. If possible, I want to protect her."Unlike Ichika, Shidou never dreamed of anything grand. If anything, maybe finding a girlfriend someday? But to him, even that was just a passing thought. His daily life, though modest, was fulfilling. He had a cute sister who woke him up every morning, and that was enough for him.His only wish was for spacequakes to stop, so his sister could live a safe, normal life.At that moment, Toyama Kinji understood. These two were just like him—people who longed for an ordinary life, yet were forced into extraordinary circumstances.Both of them, like himself, had been unwillingly dragged into conflicts, forced to do things they hated.With that realization, Toyama Kinji's expression turned serious."I get it. Maybe that’s why we feel this strange connection... Let me ask you something: Do you want to live a peaceful life with your loved ones—your family, your friends, your significant other? A life where, even if someone tries to threaten you, you’re strong enough to protect what’s yours and make them back off?"Orimura Ichika and Itsuka Shidou instinctively nodded.Seeing their response, Toyama Kinji extended an invitation. "Then come with me! I’ll help you get stronger. That way, if anyone dares to disrupt your ordinary life, you can just beat them up."Itsuka Shidou hesitated. "Is that... okay? Fighting doesn’t seem right..."He was just a regular high school student. While he had been in fights before, he had never considered it a good thing. Could fighting really help him achieve a normal life? He wasn’t sure he believed that."This is a skill my boss taught me," Toyama Kinji said, his expression deepening. "Trust me—it’ll let you live an ordinary life in every possible way."He truly believed in Liu Yuan’s words.