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Chapter 342 Stars NO.13. Video Game Master - Mi Yao
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"Fantastic, absolutely fantastic!"

"Kong, it's been so many years, your skills have gotten better and better."

A crisp clapping sound came from the audience seats next to him. Chen Kong looked up and saw a boy wearing a loose video game hoodie leaning against the railing.

He wore headphones around his neck and black-rimmed, blue-light blocking glasses without prescription on his nose, and smiled at himself.

In just a moment, Chen Kong figured out who this guy was.

"Mi Yao?"

"Oh, I didn't expect someone as insignificant as you to remember me."

Hearing Mi Yao's teasing words, Chen Kong's expression gradually became serious.

Of course he remembered this guy.

Because in the base where I was a kid, this guy was the one who liked to tease me the most.

In his words, the world is a game, and the Heavenly Dao is the final boss, which he dares not provoke.

But as the bottom-ranked player in the StarCraft rankings, number 36, I'm the obvious target, the easiest monster to 'farm experience'. Who else would they target if not me?

Therefore, in the base where I was a child, this guy would always find various reasons to bully me.

In other words, they might later realize that they can't gain any 'experience' from themselves.

So this guy later changed his target.

For example, Liu Ma, number 35.

"What are you doing here?"

In response to Chen Kong's question, Mi Yao laughed and said, "What else could it be? Of course, I'm here to find you, this reskinned elite monster, and continue grinding experience."

"A reskinned elite monster."

Chen Kong's expression turned ugly.

The so-called "reskinned elite monsters" generally refer to game monsters whose attack patterns and ability mechanics have not changed much, but whose appearance has been altered to a certain extent.

This is a lazy tactic by the game development team to forcibly extend players' game time in order to avoid wasting too much money.

But reality isn't a game, and I'm not some reskinned elite monster.

"Mi Yao, if you want to grind experience, you can go find someone else. I'm not interested in playing with you."

With that, Chen Kong prepared to turn and leave.

However, just as Chen Kong was about to leave, a clanging sound rang out.

Suddenly, Mi Yao pulled a handful of martial arts badges from his hoodie pocket and threw them on the ground with a 'whoosh'.

The six badges rolled to the feet of Dust Sky before finally stopping, gleaming faintly with starlight under the light.

"Don't rush, you don't seem to know about the other way to collect martial arts badges in Martial Arts City, do you?"

Upon hearing Mi Yao's words, Chen Kong suddenly stopped.

Seeing this, Mi Yao looked at the prey that had fallen into a trap and said with a smile, "Kong, the rules of the Martial Arts Capital only say that you need seven badges to participate in the Starry Sky Ladder, but they don't say that you have to fight your way down."

"So, dare to play a game with me?"

"If you beat me, these six martial arts badges are yours. If you lose, your Rich Martial Badges are mine, since I haven't obtained any yet."

"Think about it carefully, because this is a huge odds of one to six."

Upon hearing Mi Yao's words, Chen Kong fell silent.

As Mi Yao said, a 1 to 6 bet is indeed very tempting.

Besides, it's not the base we used to be at when we were kids anymore.

He has grown tremendously in the past few years.

If he could persuade Bai Kong to help him, he would be more than 90% confident of winning this bet.

But since Mi Yao dared to say that, it meant he was absolutely confident he could win him over. Should he really agree to play this game with this guy?
Seeing that Chen Kong was still hesitating, Mi Yao simply lowered the 'game difficulty' for him a little more.

"Okay, Kong, I can tell you about my current Star Source effect first, and then you can decide whether you want to start a game with me."

As they were talking, an old arcade game machine appeared out of thin air behind Mi Yao, with a sticker of 'The King of Fighters '97' on its body.

On the screen of that arcade game machine, Mi Yao's Star Source effect was clearly displayed.

Star Source: Gaming Master

[Type: Trait-based]

【Effect 1. Game Realization: After completing a real-world game, you can add it to your game library and gain some of its abilities upon starting the game (including but not limited to specific game items, boss effects, unique game mechanics, etc.)】

【Effect 2. Save/Load: You have the ability to save and load once. By loading, you can completely restore your previous save state. (Can only be used once per calendar month)】

[Secondary Awakening Effect - Game Experience Points: Defeating opponents grants experience points, which can be used to level up your character.]

[Description: 'If no one can beat a game, it's not the players' problem, it's the game designers' problem.' — Mi Yao]

[Currently selected game: Silver Spatula]

[Ability that manifests in reality: Demonic Contract]

[Demon Pact: Your health points can be converted into Star Energy, and Star Energy can be converted into health points]

Silver Shovel is a popular 'chess game' in the Stellaris universe.

In this game, the effect of the 'Demon Contract' is that you can exchange 'health points' for 'experience points' needed to level up.

However, when Mi Yao materialized it into reality, this ability changed slightly, becoming more in line with the grand game of 'Stars' in reality.

"So? Are you interested now?"

Mi Yao patted the game console behind him, and the screen suddenly switched to the 'battle interface'.

On the left is Mi Yao's cartoon image, and on the right is the empty 'Player 2' slot.

"Don't worry, once the game starts, I promise I won't change the game mode, I'll fight you with the Demon Contract."

Upon hearing these words, Chen Kong did not rush to respond, but instead tried to recall Mi Yao's 'Star Core - Error Command'.

According to the data from the base back then, Mi Yao's Star Core - False Command was a star source of a machine system that could issue false commands to quantum machines.

If this star core awakens, could it be able to modify 'game data'?
For example, unlimited health, unlimited star energy, etc.?

But if he misses this opportunity, how long will it take him to collect all seven badges?

After weighing the pros and cons, Chen Kong suddenly spoke.

"I can agree to that, but there has to be a condition."

Chen Kong suddenly spoke, placing the Fuwu Badge on the ground.

"Oh? Tell me, what are the conditions?"

"Neither of us can use the power of the Star Core; we can only fight with the Star Source."

He had to limit Mi Yao's 'false commands'; if the other party could modify his own game data, then this bet was a scam from the very beginning.

"That's interesting. You're getting smarter and smarter, but no problem."

After saying that, Mi Yao smiled and reached out to press the 'start' button on the game console.

"Then let's have a good game."

hum!
Suddenly, the game console screen lit up with a blinding white light, and a faint purple aura of star energy emanated from Mi Yao's body.

The next second, his ordinary hoodie suddenly revealed blood-red patterns of a 'devil's contract,' and his eyes turned into a fluorescent color like a game character.

The game begins.

PS: That concludes today's update. I'll be writing a month-end summary and a summary of the previous volume at the end of the month. Also, I'll mention the scheduled burst update time.

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