T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 216, page 215: Is it too late to regret it now?
Before leaving, Mint asked everyone about their situation again, just to make sure they were alright. Then, she couldn't help but hum a little tune with a touch of smug satisfaction.

Besides the Metasequoia Mother and others, there are still people in the world who remember her and need her. It feels so good!

"Hey hey hey~~"

A meeting with peppermint is akin to psychotherapy.

It's amazing how the boundary between reality and virtuality has unknowingly created a little nest within the game.

A bunch of reliable but not-so-reliable puppets who really like riddles are in charge of the guild's daily maintenance and construction after they've handed over their responsibilities.

Two companions who have confirmed their stay.

Perhaps in the future, we can even fit a giant slime inside.

Jiang Heyi sent a message to Heiyun, who immediately sent a World Bubble invitation.

This is also one of the ways to play Stellaris; different players will have significantly different world bubbles depending on the progress of the game.

By visiting other people's world bubbles and comparing them with one's own progress, one can see the impact of missing certain people, things, or events.

It's very similar to a world event simulator.

As a major content creator, Heiyun has a team of 10 people and a total of 137 members in the guild, making it a truly large guild.

Knowing that the boundary between reality and illusion was approaching, most of the guild members who were online that evening put down what they were doing and came over to say hello.

Due to their advanced progress and astonishing strength, ordinary players cannot even see the boundary between reality and illusion, let alone interact with them.

"Wow, what is that dark blue scale armor that President Potato is wearing... with a gradient effect, it has such a deep and mysterious visual effect."

"Don't you ever check your feed? This is the first rainbow-tier equipment set [Tidecaller] on the entire server. The effects are insane. It can support, tank, and deal damage."

"What's that outfit that Brother Squid is wearing? It's so cool! The light gold armor with lion patterns and a cape looks like animal skin."

As soon as he got his hands on Kurion's set, Squid Bro asked a crafting player to dye it for him, and the light gold and orange color scheme was particularly eye-catching.

"Isn't this the set reward from the World War? Why are Fries and Bed Girl wearing it?"

"Wow, this is amazing! They have all sorts of great stuff. We've been playing this game for over four months and we're still figuring out how to maximize the effects of mixing and matching."

"Wait a minute, why doesn't the jailer have anything?"

"That's what necromancers are like."

Everyone who sees him is curious why he doesn't have any new equipment.

What did the necromancer do to you?

Don't necromancers have human rights?!

The jailer wanted to speak up for necromancers, to dispel stereotypes, because they also need equipment and decorations, and are not mutant summoners who hide in the back and manipulate corpses.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, I need to handle a small task temporarily."

Hei Yun created a roguish and handsome forest elf character for himself.

"It's okay, we also have pigeons here who couldn't log on on time."

"Oh?" Jiang Heyi smiled. "What's the reason?"

"The baby was just born, I'm trying to soothe the baby."

The vampire covered his face shyly, his expression filled with happiness.

“My wife takes care of me during the day, and I play games at night and then I just sleep. When the kids are noisy, she takes care of them. I feel a little guilty, so I delayed a bit.”

The guild members watching erupted in cheers, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of a school campus.

He asked in bed, "Does your wife support you playing video games?"

"She thought playing games was better than smoking, drinking, gambling, and whoring. There was nothing wrong with staying home after work and saving money... She even replaced my graphics card with a new one, even though she knew nothing about computer parts and ended up getting a refurbished card."

Hei Yun explained, "I helped him get it back, so I still have some influence."

The most useful episode with the most fans!
The boundary between reality and illusion is blurred, and everyone is giving Zhong Zemo a sidelong glance.

The respected teacher and game enthusiast with no bad habits, Squid Bro, noticed everyone's gazes.

Even the members of the Black Cloud Guild had faint smiles on their lips.

Damn it, cyberbullying!

Now that things had come to this, Jiang Heyi decided to remind her of the connection between the Black Cloud Mint pendant and the Metasequoia.

Demon?

Is dawn redwood the nurturer of mint?
Upon hearing this, the entire guild was shocked.

"This, this, this..." Hei Yun was stunned. "What should I do?"

"There's nothing we can do. In your world bubble, Mint is dead forever. At our current pace, we haven't discovered any magic that can bring the dead back to life."

"The spirit does exist. Do you remember where you killed Mint?"

Hei Yun nodded hurriedly: "I remember, I remember."

Everyone glanced at Black Cloud's shared map and discovered that the location was near Fragrant Breeze City.

She did indeed frequently travel between Xiangfeng and the border of the Empire, selling potions and dealing in small commodities to maintain the image of not having dropped out of school and still receiving subsidies in front of everyone at the church.

Hei Yun admitted that she always talked a lot when she encountered Mint, and she even sold them junk potions.

So after seeing the rumors that had appeared in the community before, I took advantage of the potion trading to steal her gold coins.

Everyone in the guild has a bad impression of Mint.

From their perspective, Mint is a neurotic, greedy, quality-insensitive, swindler-like, and boastful witch.

There's nothing to highlight.

"Is there...is there any hope?" Black Cloud asked tentatively.

"I doubt it. We'll just stick to this path and see what happens," Jiang Heyi said. "It's also for the sake of the show. You're a content creator, so grab the viewership."

"If we can kill the demon, maybe we can get some decent loot." The jailer put his hands behind his head. "We've gotten gold coins from the Snow Mountain Demon before."

Black Cloud also thought it made a lot of sense. With such a huge amount of traffic, people from the virtual and real worlds even came to support and watch, just to see what would happen next.

It's done!

"Aren't you guys going to change your gear?" Fries reminded the group who were about to set off. "If you die suddenly, the repair costs are very high."

The Black Cloud Squad looked at each other in bewilderment, but he himself gritted his teeth and made a decision.

"Let's test her depth first."

The world bubble owner can grant permissions to invitees, but can also restrict their influence on the world bubble.

To prevent outsiders from interfering with the world's storyline, the restrictions are enabled by default, which also allows the boundary between the virtual and real worlds to observe the battle from the perspective of an unreal bystander.

Upon arriving at the church on the outskirts of Hotfat City, Black Cloud took the lead and pushed open the door.

It was noon, and the metasequoia mother was roasting potatoes for her children.

I swallowed hard; the fries looked pretty appetizing.

She really likes eating potatoes this way.

Potatoes and thin porridge make up a typical lunch for children during their growth period.

There was no meat, and the food was scarce.

Seeing the children's patched clothes, their reaction of shrinking behind the metasequoia trees and clutching their clothes when they saw strangers...

The Black Cloud Squad has been breached.

Those with children at home cannot bear to see this.

What will happen here if I hand over the pendant?

After the children left temporarily, he had repeatedly told himself that this was just a dark cloud in the game, and finally took out the pendant.

He chose to conceal the details, wanting to see if things would develop differently.

As a result, the dark clouds made the defenses even weaker.

The metasequoia took his hand and gently began to tell him about Mint's past.

I learned that she went to all this trouble just to make life better for the children in the church...

Some people's hearts have been broken.

"Could you come up the mountain with me to pick some mushrooms? You're my friends, so I can't let you spend money on me."

The same development as Jiang Heyi's back then.

Feeling guilty, the Black Cloud Squad agreed, while the Metasequoia stroked the heads of each child in the church and hugged them.

She took a bag of coins out of her clothes and asked the oldest child to lead everyone out to buy some food to entertain the guests.

With that, she turned and headed towards the distant mountains without looking back. Her transformation into darkness happened in an instant; this time, Mother Metasequoia didn't even let Black Cloud eat his fill.

The moment it was far from human habitation, a thick black mist erupted from the metasequoia tree, forming a sky-covering cloud that distorted everything around it.

"Mint……"

"Mint..."

The dawn redwood bowed its head and sobbed softly.

The voice gradually became hoarse.

"It was my fault, Mom shouldn't have let you leave."

"It was Mom who was wrong."

The black mist gradually thickened, like glue wrapping around the feet of everyone in the Black Cloud Squad.

The white mist that was originally shrouded the surface of the dawn redwood was torn apart by the brutal force, and it seemed that something was breaking out of its body.

"Ha ha ha ha ha."

The chilling laughter sent shivers down everyone's spine.

"Metasequoia, it was your naivety that killed that child."

"What are you hesitating about... Do it, do it."

"Kill them all, kill everyone who hurts Mint."

"Don't hold back... I will give you an endless source of strength."

"Sow fear, reap fear!"

The dawn redwood was still struggling, unwilling to be seduced by evil spirits and become one with them.

A sudden standby event, an action module that remains stationary.

As a qualified player, there's no reason to miss an opportunity to deal damage.

"Do it!"

With a shout from Hei Yun, the entire 10-person team, who had been given the potion, unleashed a powerful attack.

Because Jiang Heyi had warned them beforehand about the terror of the evil spirits, no one held back.

The magic pierced through the metasequoia's flesh, scorching every corner of her skin.

Amidst the flashing blades, the water cypress's flesh was torn open, exposing her bones, and a severed hand flew several meters away.

Without any defenses, being focused down by 10 players with strength roughly equivalent to level 7, ordinary monsters would be reduced to ashes.

The dawn redwood still floated in mid-air.

Her cloudy eyes suddenly cleared, and only indifference and disappointment remained on her gentle face.

"you are right……"

"Now you understand," the demon laughed maniacally. "Your kindness is worthless!"

In the dark red light, the metasequoia tree slightly opened its eyes.

With just one glance, the entire Black Cloud Squad stared blankly.

They were completely unable to resist and were all instantly killed.

"Holy crap, wiped out?"

Upon seeing the spirits of the ten members of Black Cloud float up, the guild erupted in uproar.

What kind of ridiculous strength is this? It was taken offline after just one glance.

The operation by the cypress was not over yet; she crushed the head of one of the players and held the remaining spiritual information in her hand.

Then, they headed towards Xiangfeng City.

She's going to find mint.

After being resurrected, Black Cloud quickly returned to Hotfat City and found that it had not turned into ruins.

Upon inquiry, it was learned that when the dawn redwood entered the city, it seemed to be deliberately avoiding something and chose to take a detour.

The boundary between reality and illusion knows the answer; the dawn redwood still remembers the children in the church.

The evil forces had not yet overwhelmed the water cypress; she was still able to maintain her inner rationality.

He swallowed hard, realizing the boundary between reality and illusion.

Is this the abnormally handled Mint storyline?
How to fight this?
The opening move, a mental shock, is enough to kill 99% of players at this stage of the game.

Unless you wear special gear and tough it out, there is basically no hope of survival.

Extreme anger and sorrow, on the contrary, intensified her understanding of evil, completing her individual evolution.

A special item appeared in Black Cloud's backpack.

[Fragments of the Demon]

It wasn't an aura, but genuine fragments.

After everyone had arrived, he displayed the item information.

“Left by the evil metasequoia.”

"The string that held her sanity was broken, and the chains that bound evil fell."

"She wants everyone to experience despair with her."

The man from the Black Cloud was stunned, staring at Jiang Heyi, speechless for a long time.

"Good news, this is an item that unlocks subsequent missions. If you can forge it into a weapon, it can cause fatal damage to metasequoia trees."

The plot still leaves players a glimmer of hope; these demonic fragments are undoubtedly meant to allow players to skip class.

However, it is currently known that only the dragon Elerave can forge demons into weapons.

The only known way to unlock her, the boundary between reality and illusion, is to travel to the Great Snow Mountain and cooperate with another demon to kill Dussel.

For ordinary players, this is another questline that is impossible to complete in a short period of time.

Black Cloud had a sudden inspiration: "I can break the world bubble restriction and have the boundary between the virtual and real worlds assist me."

Jiang Heyi was taken aback.

There is indeed such a mercenary gameplay, but even so, the player's combat power will be suppressed by the world's will and weakened considerably.

Fighting the dawn redwood in an incomplete state...

What a joke! This is a demon in a berserk state!

Before the Snow Mountain Demon was purified by the young man's soul, it was able to make Dussel speak and keep his eyes closed; it was a top magician in the empire.

I hit the dawn redwood mother?

I can't win, goodbye.

"Look on the bright side. As a top content creator, challenging evil spirits is your key to generating traffic for the foreseeable future." Jiang Heyi patted him on the shoulder. "Tonight, many people will be like you, starting this epic challenge."

It's better not to mention it, because once it's mentioned, it's like a dark cloud hanging over everyone's heads.

During his daytime live stream, he went out of his way to explain the "physical enhancement" brought about by the lucky pendant.

As his popularity soared, his live stream was packed with viewers, with his popularity increasing several times over compared to the past.

The wonderful feeling of being at the center of public opinion for the game "Proof of the Stars" made him somewhat carried away.

Now, the dawn redwoods are rampaging, and countless people are being killed or beaten up by them.

Hei Yun could already imagine how lively his live stream would be tomorrow.

This night is destined to be anything but peaceful.

As he expected, the boundary between the virtual and real worlds left the black cloud world bubble and arrived at the public world bubble, where he immediately saw a dense barrage of complaints.

"The metasequoia went berserk and killed everyone in Hot Zhi, leaving only a church."

"Damn it, my storyline is ruined!"

"Who said showing the pendant to the metasequoia tree would bring a surprise? Isn't that just asking for trouble!"

"I shouldn't have killed Mint... Mint was such a good kid."

"Is it too late to regret it now...? Can't the authorities think of a solution? I don't want to kill Mint anymore!"

"Where's the government? Help us, government!"

"Forget it, instead of trying to save them, could you please give me some tips on how to defeat the dawn redwood? I want the lucky pendant, and I want to kill the demon too!"

(End of this chapter)