T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 198, Section 197: Rainbow Quality
Following the tip from Fat Orca, the virtual-real boundary set off for Anna's frontline supply depot.

This warehouse is currently under the influence of the Anna forces, with countless strongholds and numerous players in the surrounding area.

The normal gameplay involves stealth, following the path carved out by the siren squad to sneak in.

The gameplay that blurs the line between reality and illusion—killing every player you see is also a form of stealth.

The jailer exclaimed that he felt so good he couldn't breathe.

After reaching the maximum level, he can control up to 10 zombies.

Whenever a player tries to test the quality of the zombies, the jailer immediately manipulates the zombies to self-destruct.

Even if they don't die from the explosion, their negative status effects will still give them a run for their money.

When players are grouped together, [Corrupted Corpse Explosion] becomes an incredibly powerful skill.

Of all spells that apply negative status effects, none is more efficient than Corpse Explosion.

As long as there are corpses, the skill buffer speed of Corpse Explosion allows for a seamless transition.

This skill was originally more focused on PvE, since it's difficult to generate corpses continuously in PvP.

Unfortunately, the kill efficiency at the boundary between reality and illusion is too high.

"Are you kidding me? There are almost 60 of us on this side, how could we be beaten like this by 7 people!"

"Disgusting! My damn necromancer, the corpse explosion just won't stop! How can he keep casting it like that?!"

"Why hasn't this elemental mage's skill stopped? How can the magic possibly recover? Is it activated?"

"This Shadow Stalker doesn't even have any damage feedback when you attack it, is it invincible?"

The sheer number of players, without any coordinated efforts, allowed Jailer Bro to achieve his rare moment of glory.

With the zombies self-destructing, eliminating players at the boundary between reality and illusion is far easier than dealing with the Anna mages that spawn along the way.

"Admin, there's a croak!" the last player shouted indignantly as he was killed by the mud truck on the boundary between reality and illusion.

The woman in bed shrugged: "We haven't even gotten our new gear yet. How do we look like we're about to be killed?"

The French fry user complained: "It looks alike, very alike. Anyway, if I encountered it, I would probably report it too."

Chen Shaoyu watched helplessly as the number of reports and complaints in the backend increased rapidly, leaving even his colleagues in the game completely bewildered.

"Brother Shaoyu, why are there so many cheating reports? Is there even a cheat in our game?"

"With candlelight, having cheat codes would be a joke, right? She even crushed gambling addicts."

"Indeed, this is the first time I've seen a project that neither online nor offline gambling platforms dare to touch."

Chen Shaoyu told his colleagues what was happening.

Upon learning that it was the boundary between the virtual and the real, everyone immediately understood.

A PVE expert, who started battling through high-difficulty dungeons as soon as the game launched.

The team is full of guys with amazing skills.

The premise for a normal player to overwhelm them with sheer numbers is to strike first.

But precisely what strangers lack most is tacit understanding and cooperation.

The current world bubble lacks a balancing mechanism, and the boundary between the virtual and real worlds is no different from that of a semi-truck. It doesn't require much thought to easily crush the defenses built by ordinary players.

"The gap is too big. It's not much different from cheating, since both are instant kills," Chen Shaoyu said helplessly. "It can only be said that the game played at the boundary between reality and virtuality is completely different from that of ordinary players."

Some people wondered: "Isn't the boundary between the virtual and real worlds a way to passively earn a share of the faction war tokens? Why waste time grinding for them?"

“They didn’t go for the reward,” Chen Shaoyu explained. “They went to see what happened next in the story.”

There are no special boss battles, no densely packed Anna Guards; what awaits the boundary between reality and illusion near this frontline warehouse is a scene of corpses strewn across the land.

Siren, soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the Ana Legion, and mages lay scattered in pools of blood.

Many of the corpses were still oozing blood, the winding "worms" slowly flowing and converging into the pits on the ground, forming blood swamps.

The pungent smell of blood assaulted everyone's nostrils, and the scattered corpses were a horrifying sight.

Orange Tea accidentally stepped on a severed limb, and the soft touch sent a shiver down her spine.

The intermittent groans of the survivors, and the rustling sounds of them scratching at the ground in their final moments, trying to survive, mingled with the sounds of their dying breaths.

The four original bodies were agitated.

He had seen... no, he had heard such cries of anguish.

While accompanying her at the hospital.

After the lights were turned off at night, walking down the corridor, the faint groans of pain emanating from the intensive care units felt like a pair of large hands gripping his heart.

That's a feeling of powerlessness that gradually makes people lose hope for the future.

It made him think about the horrors that might happen to his family and to himself in the future.

For some reason, the sensory impact of this battlefield was far more shocking than any game scene I had ever seen before.

In summary, it's nothing more than blood, severed limbs, and corpses, but...

Jiang Heyi felt a chill seeping into his body from the inside out, as if warning him to flee this dangerous place.

This is an instinct that arises when a living organism encounters danger.

It's real, but a little too real.

The Fallen Star Sirens won; they slaughtered all the warehouse guards and set the warehouse ablaze.

Amidst the blazing firelight, the surviving sirens appeared before the crowd, supporting each other.

When Kexia saw Jiang Heyi, he grinned.

"Don't look anymore, it's okay."

She gave Jiang Heyi a hug, but not as forcefully as before; her soft breasts acted as a cushion, but without the squeezing sensation.

She is seriously injured.

The demonic scales at the collar had vanished, and many scales on his body were shattered.

The chubby siren's tail was covered in scars.

"It's okay, it's okay. You can still touch my tail, and I can tie you up. It's just that my scales might take a while to heal... They're all bumpy right now... Don't mind them."

"Here, these are fragments of my magic scales. I think they can be used to try and refine new types of magic potions with Mint. It would be great if they could help you too."

Jiang Heyi felt a mix of emotions; there were things he wanted to say, but they stuck in his throat.

Those caught between the real and the virtual worlds were momentarily at a loss for words.

Even the jailer, who usually spouts the most nonsense, shut his mouth, feeling a dryness in his throat.

The sirens gathered the bodies of their companions with all their might and embarked on their return journey.

In the somber queue, only Kesha kept chattering away.

She seemed afraid that Jiang Heyi would be disgusted by her injured appearance, so she kept trying to find topics to dispel the gloom that lingered in everyone's hearts.

Jiang Heyi didn't say much, but touched her scratched face and gently hugged her.

He could feel that Kesha's frantic, chaotic breathing was gradually calming down.

"It's okay, you'll get better."

After Jiang Heyi finished speaking, he pinched Ke Xia's uninjured cheek, took a deep breath, and turned to leave.

Leaving the faction war world bubble and returning to the Siren King's Court, looking at the tranquil and peaceful daily life here feels like a lifetime ago.

It's great that it's a win-win situation. With Kurion handling the trouble, he's also capable of dealing with the uproar caused by killing Giza. In the future, he might even be able to consolidate power through the Scroll of Remembrance.

"I'm not going to participate in faction battles anymore."

The suggestion was made by Orange Tea.

Jiang Heyi looked at the jailer and said, "It's okay to have some fun, it's fine." The jailer just sighed.

Even though Stellaris is just a game, players would still prefer a happy ending.

From a certain point onward, people grew tired of incomplete, open, and tragic stories, and their tolerance for regrets left in literary works was no longer as high as before.

Although he always calls himself the Fourth Calamity and commits all sorts of evil deeds in the game, every single one of his actions is enough to warrant Cyber's execution seventeen or eighteen times over, he still can't bear to see his game character, with whom he spends every day, leave. So he joins the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, just to try and salvage something.

At this moment, perhaps everyone suddenly understands those characters in literary works who are willing to turn evil and fall into the dark side just to fight for a chance to survive.

To outsiders, their behavior seemed ridiculous and foolish.

Knowing that there was nothing they could do, they still clung to the hope that, in the end, it might just work out.
Fortunately, their world bubble is heading towards a win-win situation.

Invited by Queen Jingxin, the group once again entered her bubble space.

On the terrace where dried fish are being dried, a blue and black suit of armor, resembling scales inlaid with crystal, is prominently displayed.

It has a strong sheen, yet the color is as deep and mysterious as an abyss.

Gazing at the reflection in the scales, one feels a sense of dizziness and enchantment.

Queen Mirror Heart floated out, her water-formed hand gently brushing across her scales, creating ripples of light.

A ghostly light, somewhere between blue and black, flickered incessantly, and the faint sound of a torrential downpour could be heard.

“As I said before, I would give you a reward that is far superior to the one Anna gave you.”

Jingxin's fingers traced heavily across the scales.

It wasn't a hallucination; the rain was like thunder, like a tidal wave, deafeningly loud.

A mist of water rose from the scales, containing abundant water elemental power.

"【Tide Summoning】is forged using the scales and flakes of a fallen star and a sea monster, supplemented by strange stones and crystals from the sea."

"All the fallen stars, only twelve sets."

"All ten sets have been claimed."

“And this set…” Jingxin snapped her fingers lightly, and the scale armor floated up, “belongs to you, heroes of the fallen star.”

A dazzling rainbow burst through the bubbles, cleaved the ocean, and shot straight into the sky.

This is a spectacle that only players can see.

This also means...

Jiang Heyi swallowed hard and reached out to gently touch the scales.

rainbow.

The highest quality and rarest equipment in the entire game!

The entire group at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds was momentarily stunned. They felt as if they had been tossed about and thrown by a bull, their minds completely blank.

"I……"

"I……"

"Fuck!"

The jailer was the first to react, but that was all he could do.

He kept repeating "Holy crap!" as his language skills seemed to have completely crashed.

"It's cold, calm down. It's not like you haven't seen good things before." She hugged her chest and scolded, but her eyes were already wide open.

Jiang Heyi lit up the [Calling Tide] panel, allowing everyone to glimpse its powerful beauty.

It is of high quality, but instead of the three blessings, it has an exaggerated four blessings.

We've never fought such a costly battle before.

【Rising Tide】: Players accumulate 【Tide】 when casting spells or being attacked.

【Tides】can be transformed into water elemental shields, water elemental magic, or dispersed in the air, transforming into elemental power and magic that can be absorbed by allies.

[Water Elemental Protection]: Water elemental magic has difficulty harming you.

Turtle, the equipment comes with a versatile and easy-to-use plug-in magic.

It can protect itself, deal damage, and intermittently replenish mana for teammates, while also enhancing the damage of water elemental skills.

The sheer power of a single plugin's blessing perfectly showcases the beauty and power of rainbow-quality gear.

[Word Spirit]: Individuals blessed by the Fallen Star Siren gain the power to temporarily activate Word Spirit due to the resonance of demonic scales.

Chanting and channeling spells are converted into instant casts.

Although it has a time limit and a cooldown period of up to 2 hours during gameplay, its practicality is simply amazing.

In high-difficulty dungeons, when encountering monsters like the Black Cat, even the slightest gesture can be anticipated and dodged.

Even if it can only be used once every 2 hours, as long as it is used on a high-difficulty BOSS, the value of instant-cast magic can be infinitely increased.

Compared to these two abilities, the significant increase in the wearer's water elemental magic damage reduction is truly the least noteworthy effect of [Tidecaller].

Having played Stellaris for so long, they've seen plenty of good gear; at least the [Ferocious Lion] they got from Kurion is definitely endgame gear.

Unexpectedly, we'll be graduating again so soon, and this time it'll be a complete graduation.

Wearing this [Tidecaller] outfit, you'll never have to think about equipment again.

"You only seem surprised, not pleased?" Queen Jingxin tilted her head. "Could it be that in your hearts, this is not as good as Anna's outfit?"

"How can it be!"

The boundary between reality and illusion was shouted out in unison, followed by a cacophony of expressions of gratitude, shock, and many other emotions.

Queen Jingxin covered her mouth and smiled with satisfaction.

The previously blurry outline of the water creature became much more refined because of this smile.

"It was just a little joke. I'm glad you liked it," Jingxin said. "As heroes of the fallen star, you've solved a difficult and troublesome matter for us. This is the reward you deserve."

Jiang Heyi asked curiously, "Even if Kurien didn't give us the [Ferocious Lion] he had worn, you still planned to do it?"

“Hmm…we might need to think about that some more.” Jingxin was very frank. “However, since Kurien has given it to us, only [Tidecaller] can give us a clear advantage.”

"The Fallen Star Siren has always been generous to heroes, no... to our friends."

That's incredibly generous, so generous that... Jiang Heyi didn't know what to do.

There is only one set of equipment, but its blessing effect is versatile and anyone can wear it.

How should this be allocated?

Queen Jingxin seemed curious about this as well. She picked up the black cat sleeping in the corner, gently stroked its back, and waited with a smile for them to come to a conclusion.

"I suggest……"

Orange Tea spoke first, which attracted everyone's attention.

"Give me potatoes."

"Ugh?"

"For a long time, Guild Leader Potato has always waited until everyone in the guild had finished distributing their equipment before taking the scraps we didn't want and combining them into a set of armor," Orange Tea said. "That's how it was when we first formed a team at the start of the server, and it's still the same now, so... it's your turn to take it first."

Everyone was taken aback.

French Fries smiled, but given their relationship, she didn't say anything.

Remembering Jiang Heyi's long-standing habit of collecting recyclables, everyone immediately understood the answer.

"I agree, potatoes first." The jailer raised his hand.

“I have no objection, it’s time for Potato to take it first.” The bed immediately chimed in, “He’s the one who led us into the World Championship.”

(End of this chapter)