T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 213, Section 212: I suggest you take the mint pendant to the dawn redwood tree.

Through the glass of the interrogation room, Jiang Heyi saw the person who threatened the fries.

Having been up all night, he was starving and thirsty, and was eating the steamed buns that the police had just bought for him with great anxiety.

After hearing about the other person's experiences from the interrogating police, Jiang Heyi and French Fries were momentarily at a loss for words.

I reported the progress of the matter in the group chat, but because it was too abstract, everyone was at a loss for words.

"Gamblers deserve to die." The jailer succinctly delivered his message.

The other party is like a maggot that has grown from a sewer pupa to the surface, far removed from normal life, and even further removed from the everyday reality that separates the virtual from the real.

The group chat was very lively over the weekend.

Even the four original entities unusually refrained from working overtime and maintained their normal schedules.

My phone rang while I was browsing game-related information.

The voice came from outside the door. Jiang Heyi peeked out and saw French Fries, who was answering the phone, walking out barefoot.

It's a package delivery. First, there's soda: two sugar-free and two regular sugar bottles.

Next came a large box, which, when opened, was filled with potato chips!

"It's not half price, but it's 7% off!" Fries said, his eyes shining.

Jiang Heyi smiled knowingly.

The worst thing about using memes is when others don't understand them, but for these two, that's clearly not a problem.

Wow, they have all kinds of flavored potato chips!

I don't really like the original flavor when eating French fries or potato chips.

“You said you liked cucumber flavor last time, so I bought a lot more.”

Even though I had just finished breakfast, I still opened a bag of fries and started eating them with relish.

She really loves potato products.

"Here."

He picked up a French fry and handed it to Jiang Heyi.

He hesitated for a moment, then decisively bit down and accepted the feeding.

The cucumber tastes so good... and her fingers have a faint fragrance too.

While crunching away, the fries drifted into Jiang Heyi's room, where they pulled up a stool and watched from the sidelines.

Everything felt so natural.

Today's hot topic in the community revolves around the ninth floor of the Temple of the Clarity.

While everyone was focused on advancing the storyline and obtaining rewards at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds, the fact that guilds from all servers were working in tandem was already putting immense pressure on everyone in the Chinese server, who were afraid of being overtaken.

Even the ready-to-eat canned food brand admitted that he was urged by some friends to remind him of the boundary between reality and illusion.

However, as the video of the first battle against the polyhedron was released, players gradually became excited.

The virtual-real boundary once posted a joking update saying that their little treasure trove was destroyed by the BOSS on the ninth floor, and they had no choice but to go through the story and small dungeons to recover their health.

At the time, everyone was very curious about the guardian of the ninth floor, but the boundary between the virtual and real worlds did not release any videos, leaving everyone eager to find out.

In the video released by the 11th District guild, their first battle encountered a bunny girl doll that could destroy equipment durability and force clothing to be torn off.

In the video of the translator grilling cooked meat, everyone heard the astonished shouts of the Japanese guild.

If other monsters can knock out a player's health insurance card in three punches, then the bunny doll can tear off its clothes in three punches, with added true damage.

This punch went straight for the bank card!
"What a beast!"

A very down-to-earth translation.

It seems that other servers share similar views.

Having successfully destroyed the equipment of all six members of the team, the bunny doll made her triumphant retreat.

The second puppet to appear was even more impressive, a lump of slime.

If a player's weapon is sprayed with the sticky slurry, it will become dull, making it difficult to deal effective damage to the slime.

They had to keep casting spells on the slime, and it took quite a while before the thick-skinned monster finally gave up. And then…

boom!
A deafening explosion rang out. The slimes, using the magic they released, had accumulated enough magical power within their bodies, which exploded the moment they died, instantly vaporizing the four people.

The 11th District Guild, true to its word, saw that the two puppets had reduced their numbers to five, and everyone's equipment was damaged and their condition was poor, so they decisively chose to activate the buff.

They still fell short of the boundary between reality and illusion, but at least they managed to fight the third puppet.

The French guild that Nongya dislikes also released a video.

Again, the bunny girl dolls made their appearance first, smashing the vault and exploding the equipment with their fists.

Jiang Heyi immediately understood.

The bunny girl doll will usually be summoned by the polyhedron in the first two dolls to complete a fixed process of destroying player equipment.

Similar to what was discussed at the time, either players prepare multiple sets of equipment and are skilled at switching between them.

Either complete the game without taking damage.

Otherwise, given the multi-faceted monster-throwing level-clearing mechanism, it would be difficult for players to persevere to the end.

The fries were still crunching.

She opened another packet of braised pork and started enjoying it.

Seeing Jiang Heyi deep in thought, he picked up another piece and brought it to his lips.

"Just as we initially suspected, the polyhedron tests the team's adaptability," she said. "Try to compromise equipment durability or weaken its effectiveness; both are pretty disgusting."

Jiang Heyi nodded: "The further we go, the more tricks these puppets have. I wonder how many we'll have to take down to clear the level... Should we try taking on the polyhedron directly tonight?" Watching others suffer setbacks is quite a treat.

Because Jiang Heyi opened the Underground Temple dungeon very early and led all the servers to "climb the ladder to heaven", many of the clear players in the dungeon were ahead of their guilds and only had one set of equipment.

Even though they obtained valuable items such as anti-magic dust and anti-magic tablets from the dungeon, they couldn't find a way to convert them into combat power.

It is estimated that these unions will soon realize why the boundary between the virtual and real worlds has given up the fight and distanced itself from the Temple of the Clarity for so long.

One step ahead, one step ahead.

"what?"

Jiang Heyi tilted his head, moved the mouse, and stopped at a popular post.

"The mint-colored lucky charm seems to actually work."

Jiang Heyi exchanged a glance with the still-crunching fries and clicked on the post.

"The well-known gaming expert Lao Yun, wearing a pendant, challenged the Necropolis near Xiangfeng City and got 3 red items in 2 days. That's amazing."

He believes the pendant definitely works, but he hasn't explicitly stated the data.

"Now he wears it around his neck every time he goes down to the battlefield."

Click on the video, and you'll see a compilation of clips of this gaming pro player falling, complete with the timestamps.

He happened to be live streaming, and Jiang Heyi went in to take a look.

The live stream was mostly filled with players who had acquired the Stars of Proof skill, and they all had the same topic: Is the pendant really useful?
Old Yun, wearing a virtual suit, confidently declared: "Anyway, I feel that the drop rate has obviously increased when I wear it. Not to mention that I've gotten 3 red items in the last two days, there are also quite a few purple materials and basic green and white items."

"how to prove?"

"There's definitely no way to prove that unless you dig out the Stellaris code and take a look, but I just feel like it works."

"Well, opinions vary, but I killed Mint. I think that's the right thing to do. Those potions are trash. The only valuable thing about him is this pendant."

Previously, someone discovered that killing mints had a chance to drop a lucky charm, and after the news spread, a craze for killing mints arose for a while.

However, most players are actually unwilling to kill NPCs casually. They worry that there are unknown storylines behind these characters waiting to be triggered, and they don't want their world bubble to lose some possibilities.

The influence of Bilibili's nearly one million followers far surpasses what can be gleaned from hearsay or a few posts in the community.

As the number of messages forwarded in chat groups surged, the number of people coming to the live stream also skyrocketed.

Since some players had previously reported that some people got the item from killing Mint while others didn't, many people have been asking Lao Yun if he triggered any special dialogue during the battle.

"If you insist on saying, yes, there was something," Old Yun recalled. "At first, she was very stubborn, kept cursing at me, throwing potions at me, and running away in various ways. She was very annoying."

"After being seriously injured, she took out a witch's hat, seemingly to take out something, but it was hit by my magic and shattered."

"After that, I kept muttering about 'Metasequoia Mom' and stuff."

"So, does anyone know where 'Mother Metasequoia' is?"

Originally, this was just for fun for the players.

Items that add good luck attributes seem worth trying no matter how you look at it.

But those who live on the boundary between reality and illusion have a very complicated feeling when they see this.

The prison guard enlightened everyone through his actions.

He tipped Lao Yun 200 yuan and gained access to the prominent comment function.

“There’s a nun named Metasequoia in a church near Windpod City, on the outskirts of Hotfat City. You can go and take a look.”

"Thanks to [Nun Jailer My Favorite] for the donation... What an amazing ID."

Halfway through the reading, Lao Yun couldn't hold back anymore.

He read the message, his eyes lit up, and he asked curiously, "Really?"

He dug up the prison guard's reply.

"Really, why don't you try and see if you can trigger the next part of the story?"

"I noticed a name that's been hidden on the pendant. Maybe it refers to Metasequoia. Perhaps the other person also has items that boost their luck."

The blanket also gave a tip.

"Could the streamer go and explore the subsequent plot? I'm very curious."

"Thank you to the captain of [Battle of the Blanket Monster] for opening the account and for the reward."

Lao Yun didn't expect everyone to be so curious, and suddenly felt like he had discovered his own unique "Proof of the Stars" track.

He readily agreed, "No problem, I'll go take a look tonight."

The live stream was very lively. Judging from the boundary between the virtual and real worlds, everyone was eager to try and defeat Mint.

The prison guard chimed in the group chat: "Phew, spending 200 yuan for such a good laugh is totally worth it!"

The blankets were also excited: "It's a pity, we won't see the sequel until tomorrow."

Orange Tea said sadly, "So many people are planning to kill Mint."

“It can’t be stopped,” Jiang Heyi said.

The jailer is still the same idea genius. He said, "Think about it from another angle, and our mint will be unique."

He added, "Let's make this clear first, don't say I have a dark side."

There's nothing psychologically dark about it.

Having something that others don't has always gives people a secret sense of satisfaction; otherwise, why would wealthy players in the past be willing to spend lavishly to climb the rankings in online games?

The game "Proof of the Stars" is full of choices, and Jiang Heyi may have missed many special characters like Mint, while others happen to have them but are unwilling to reveal them.

It doesn't matter, as long as their world bubble mint is still doing well, that's enough.

　Modo modo, there's more coming later.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)