T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 252, Section 251: Origin Elements
Not only was the boundary between reality and illusion unclear, but even the enamel mug was bewildered.

"Why did the team get wiped out?"

This time, Chen Shaoyu held back: "To protect your viewing experience, I can't give away any spoilers. The only thing I can tell you is that the boss on the 11th floor is very special."

What he didn't say was that the 12th floor was even more special; the candlelight hadn't even left him any information beforehand.

Is it because they are certain that the boundary between the virtual and real worlds makes it impossible to quickly clear level 11?
The enamel mug remained silent for a moment, then slowly exhaled a tense breath.

He remembered that story.

"The people who experienced the sun shower died under this tree?"

Chen Shaoyu nodded.

The game incorporates their final historical events into its levels, with details hidden in small objects within some scenes and in a short diary.

However, the access granted by the candlelight was very high, allowing Chen Shaoyu to peruse their biographies.

The Sunrain Squad consists of 9 members, all of whom are masters of unique skills.

Each individual possesses unique and highly valuable magic, unparalleled on the continent of Devland.

The reason they are not well-known is closely related to the complex composition of their team members.

Some people betrayed their class, offended the powerful and influential, and faced a difficult journey, so they had no choice but to live in anonymity.

Some were daughters of nobles from fallen kingdoms, a sensitive status that made them unacceptable to powerful nations.

Some people were ostracized by the church because their views on magic were too radical.

Some are well-known figures in the orthodox church, born conservatives, influenced by what they see and hear, yet willingly succumb to the ways of this group.

Some, however, were rising stars of well-known magic factions on the mainland, with bright futures, but inexplicably went astray and ended up wallowing in the mire with the rest.

Looking at the world, these nine people are from very different backgrounds and have very different positions and experiences, yet they have come together to form a highly cohesive team.

Above them, they couldn't reach the continent's top combat power, so the empires turned a blind eye to their existence, and wouldn't do anything as long as they didn't cause trouble.

Downwards, their magical skills had reached a level that was too advanced for most to handle, and ordinary magicians could no longer threaten them.

Therefore, those at the top knew they dared not talk about it.

And those below know very little about it.

Furthermore, Sun Rain doesn't care about fame or fortune; possessing their own magic, they pursue a more ambitious goal—to find the origin of magic.

They are like high-ranking individuals overlooked by the mainland, helping ordinary people fight monsters and collect money in their spare time—although that little bit of commission might not be worth as much as a firecracker they casually make.

With nothing to do, they would venture into remote, untouched wildernesses, where the great empires had never explored, and either bully monsters or evil mages, doing whatever they pleased.

Chen Shaoyu closed the page before finishing reading the stories of the nine people.

Knowing the fates of the nine people, the images that leaped from the page and seemed to jump into my mind to form words suddenly became bitter and hard to swallow.

He felt that he was getting old at heart.

During his adolescence, he also had memories of liking tragic, painful, and depressing elements.

But as he grew older and entered society, he gradually realized that life was already hard enough, and there was no need to be dramatic or create unnecessary trouble for himself.

The candies I used to eat as a child still taste good and are still sweet when I eat them as an adult.

Although people often say that family reunions and happy endings are clichés, the fact that a cliché that has been around for hundreds or thousands of years has endured is enough to prove that people's hearts always want good people to be rewarded.

When they reached level 11 of the virtual-real boundary challenge, although Chen Shaoyu was dealing with the off-stage drama of their online harassment, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed when he saw that they were making progress.

It's like when you were a kid watching cartoons and saw the villain get beaten up; it felt incredibly satisfying.

Death Returns to the Boundary Between Reality and Illusion in the Guild entered the meeting room, sat on the new table and chairs that Mint had added for the guild, and began to summarize the dungeon.

The 11th floor of the temple is the most difficult dungeon discovered so far in the Proof of the Stars dungeon.

The known, extremely unique mechanism is memory modification—entering the 11th floor will result in being turned away by a strange NPC, the reason for which is currently unknown.

Cognitive interference – Players perceive the elemental lords differently.

Observe the collapse – The elemental master can choose any form to collapse, making himself appear "unified" in the player's eyes, thus achieving flexible and varied output.

A rather unique mechanism: the effect of the elemental master being present on the field.

What is already clear is wind and thunder; one provides an acceleration effect, and the other provides a probability-based shield-piercing enchantment damage.

The earth element that was instantly killed at the start of the game, as well as the water, ice, and vegetation that died because of the Spirit Sorcerer Rona, likely also have special mechanisms.

The most domineering fire element possesses abilities similar to ghouls; the more elemental lords that die, the stronger the fire element becomes, essentially burning its own kind as kindling.

Specialized mechanism – element nullification
Elemental mages and other professions specializing in elemental magic are in for a treat. Once they enter the 11th floor, they can experience what it's like to start from scratch with nothing when they first enter the game.

Thankfully, the official release of a second class gave everyone a chance to choose. Otherwise, I can't imagine what kind of expression a team with a high proportion of elemental mages would have when facing the Lord of Elements.

Thankfully, the bottled water cult has disbanded; otherwise, their faith might have collapsed by the time they arrived here.

As for the elemental fusion, it transforms into a towering tree and then suddenly unleashes an instant kill.

The person passed away peacefully, without pain, and did not see any corresponding images.

But it doesn't matter, the fries floating in the sky and the tetramorphs can be seen clearly!
"You're not confused. Before the instant kill started, the leaves of the entire tree were shimmering and changing colors in a regular pattern. Then you were swept away by a torrent of elements released from the bottom up by a magic circle that generated at an extremely fast speed."

"The special effects are pretty cool. Various elements complement each other, and colorful lights, like floating cannons, pierce through your bodies and annihilate you into ashes."

She added with fries that she herself is quite particular about the visual effects of skill mechanics in MMO games.

Even if you're quickly defeated, if your performance is good, you can still earn her sincere praise.

She then concluded, "I don't think it's a killer machine, but rather a magic spell that can be cast in an instant. If you can't understand the pattern and meaning behind the changes in its blades, you'll likely suffer casualties."

"It belongs to a high-damage, high-risk system with high power and wide coverage."

Zhong Zemo couldn't help but touch his chin, lost in thought.

"So you're saying... that bloodstain on its trunk was actually a bloodstain?"

Fries nodded: "I support this hypothesis. Although it only happened once, I could smell the characteristics of an MMO-style final boss."

This is quite novel; a boss with a health bar has appeared in the Proof of the Stars.

The performance of Proof of the Stars is indeed very unlike that of a game.

The numerical values ​​are vague, but the feedback is realistic, making it not much different from traveling to another world in a dream.

The game that begins in a dream is your second life.

Players who have been playing since the game's launch strongly support this statement.

Now that most players see games as a "continuation of reality," a boss with a strong game-like feel has appeared... or maybe it's the final boss?
"It's quite interesting; it gives you a strange surprise when you don't even think of it as a game."

He shrugged, casually put his feet on the table, and leaned back in his chair.

The chair that Mint carefully selected is now struggling to support itself on its two legs.

"What should we do next?" Orange Tea asked blankly.

As Jiang Heyi was pondering, a giant pelican descended from the sky, flapping its enormous wings and opening and closing its large beak with a "clattering" sound, while pacing back and forth on the conference table with dissatisfaction.

"what!"

Orange Tea suddenly remembered and quickly apologized, "I forgot, I forgot!"

"It wasn't intentional to break the contract. I'll prepare the fish for you right away."

The large pelican's small eyes were full of resentment.

Orange Tea usually amplifies through communication with elemental spirits; a truly powerful spirit has only descended upon her twice. Once occurred during the promotion tournament, where she helped resolve a crisis at the boundary between reality and illusion, at the cost of having her stamina drained by an unknown spirit, leaving her unconscious.

Now is the time.

Lacking experience, she returned to the guild and chatted with everyone, completely forgetting that during the summoning ritual, the giant pelican was anxiously waiting for its big fish.

That was its reward for risking its life to intercept the core of the elemental master and block the eye at the boundary between the real and the virtual!

The jailer clicked his tongue in amazement: "This game is amazing! These little creations are so lifelike. They really have all kinds of materials prepared."

The Pelicans interrupted a perfectly good strategy summary meeting.

After contacting several familiar players who specialize in casual games, Orange Tea finally delivered the large fish she wanted, and even included two extra fish as a bonus.

Although it wasn't necessary, seeing the Pelicans' vividly resentful little eyes, Orange Tea couldn't resist.

In front of everyone, the Pelicans enjoyed their spoils.

"Can you get down from the table to eat?" Zhong Zemo covered his forehead.

The pelican, however, merely glanced up and continued swallowing the fish, ignoring Zhong Zemo's nonsense.

"Hiss~~~" Zhong Zemo rolled up his sleeves.

Having lived this long, how could he be looked down upon by a pelican in a game?

I'll grab you by the throat and see if you're still so arrogant!
"Don't do that, don't do that. He's a spirit, and he helped a lot just now." Jiang Heyi and the four original bodies quickly stopped the squid brother from the left and right. "Even though he eats aquatic products, don't hurt his kind."

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Zhong Zemo's slightly stunned expression made the woman under the covers cover her mouth and chuckle.

The arrogant pelican swallowed the big fish whole and didn't leave. It went straight to Orange Tea, rubbed against her hand, and then, satisfied, turned into specks of light and disappeared.

The Tea God was quite pleased: "It's... quite cute? Let's try summoning it again next time."

After the brief incident, everyone sat down again.

Jiang Heyi already had a plan in mind.

"Once the weakened state ends, get into bed and enter the dungeon alone."

"what?"

He pointed to himself in the blanket.

Overly excited, she swayed too much and fell to the ground.

Now it was everyone's turn to laugh.

"Me? I'll deal with that tree by myself?"

Jiang Heyi explained: "It's to let you confirm first whether you need to start from the 11th floor and go through the cognitive modification stage again."

"If it goes straight into the tree-cutting phase, then you can use your speed and agility to outmaneuver it. We can review the recordings tomorrow to prepare for some of the mechanics and skills."

She was the fastest to get into bed in the team, and she took on this responsibility without hesitation!

French Fries reminded: "We can't always refer to it as 'that tree,' we need to give it a name."

Jiang Heyi brought up the chat window and sent a message to Chen Shaoyu.

"You know we're fighting on the 11th floor?"

"I know, I just watched it, it was wonderful, they did their best."

This reply clearly shows that the part that was killed by the mechanism was seen.

"I won't ask you about the details of this floor, I'll just ask you, what's the name of this tree?"

Chen Shaoyu hesitated for a moment, then realized that the candle pendant did not release any obstructive information.

"Origin Element".

He only sent the prefix.

“Origin…” Jiang He pondered the word, her brows furrowing slightly.

Recalling the various strange phenomena on the 11th floor, he vaguely grasped some clues.

After announcing his name to everyone, Jiang Heyi announced that everyone should take a break for the time being.

With half a day still to go before dawn, a group strategy is out of the question. We can just let Bed-in-the-Door come in later and die alone.

Taking advantage of this time, Fries and Orange Tea flipped through the diaries left by the Sun Shower Squad, hoping to find more useful information.

Originally, the insect fog could only reveal part of the diary's contents, but as time went on, much more content appeared out of nowhere in the diary.

As a reward for completing the 11th level of the virtual-real boundary challenge, access was granted at the same time.

Jiang Heyi also wanted to take a look, but a private message came through.

It's from French Fries Dad.

"Are you there?"

These two simple words, spoken by someone with a strong will, already reveal a great deal of information.

Jiang Heyi asked, "What's wrong?"

"Do you have any unwanted equipment from your guild? Give me some, please." Liu Jinhong said, "French Fries Mom is a newbie and has nothing. I was helping her level up in the wild, but we got ganged up on by monsters... It was a bit embarrassing."

Jiang Heyi covered her forehead.

Just as he had guessed, this is exactly how it unfolded!

As the parents of the two fries, they inexplicably seemed clumsy in the game, especially Liu Jinhong, who, despite having good equipment and a high level, was still beaten up by tree spirits outside Fengjia City, which Jiang Heyi couldn't understand.

"Don't tell French fries, whatever you do, don't tell them!" Liu Jinhong emphasized frantically.

Jiang Heyi understood his feelings and quickly comforted him.

"I won't tell you, I absolutely won't tell you. I'll sneak out to find you."

"Meet at the Windpod City teleportation point."

After saying that, Jiang Heyi made an excuse to go trade with a player who specializes in crafting and went into the warehouse to rummage through it.

I put together a set of purple gear that I barely needed, picked up a handy weapon, and teleported to Wind Pod.

The couple, who had been waiting there, looked a little uneasy, as if they were afraid that a French fry would suddenly pop out from behind Jiang Heyi.

For parents, fries are like a little lubricant that witnesses their love.

Despite their usual affectionate and indifferent behavior, they sometimes crave a bit of parental authority—even though they can't feel it at all.

"You've really been a huge help!" Liu Jinhong praised without reservation. "No wonder you were chosen by French Fries."

Perhaps he was too excited, because his mouth suddenly started to gurgle and he let slip some words.

Jiang Heyi was stunned.

The situation became somewhat delicate for a moment.

"Hahaha, I mean, no wonder he was chosen as the captain by the fries, he's really reliable."

Jiang Heyi was not easily fooled. He stared at the guilty Liu Jinhong and suddenly understood something.

They chuckled knowingly.

(End of this chapter)