T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 268, Section 267: The World's Response

Once Gloria had calmed down a bit, Yuru continued to speak.

"You must have had a cold and fever before. Do you know how the immune system works?"

As the evening dew glides in, it's as if she holds the stars in the palm of her hand.

"Every world is different."

"Some worlds give birth to powerful collections of unconsciousness."

"The visitor from another world, the application of different rules and powers, will all awaken Him."

"Some worlds do not have a special will, or their will is exceptionally weak and immature."

Xi Lu changed the subject.

"The cunning virus broke through the first line of defense and entered the body, triggering an alarm in the immune system."

"He knew nothing about the virus, and the unknown represents danger."

"Having given birth to billions of lives, He has a responsibility to protect the ignorant children, and so..."

Jiang Heyi murmured, "So He used every means at His disposal against you, and after realizing your strength, He decided to erase the people and things on the 12th floor from both the consciousness and physical levels."

Xi Lu nodded slightly, and a flame appeared in her palm.

"It's like the immune system. It works at full capacity and will always hurt the innocent, but as long as you eventually recover, it's all worth it."

Elsa possesses the skills for cross-boundary communication and has long been aware of the world.

As the unconscious collective of countless living beings, He silently drives the development of the world, hoping that the most outstanding group of living beings will guide the world's changes. Thus, this dangerous magic has been labeled as something to be silently observed ever since.

Everything changed when the Church of Eternal Night began its invasion.

A sudden attack and betrayal by an internal traitor plunged the headquarters of the Clarity, a glorious organization with a thousand-year history, into dire straits.

In order to gain a chance of survival, Elsa sacrificed herself to send a plea for help to the Voice of Another World.

Despite limited communication between the two parties over the past two years, Voice from Another World has shown unexpected goodwill.

Possessing power and knowledge far exceeding that of the world where the continent of Devilland is located, they traversed the communication channel built by both sides through ritual without seeking anything in return or considering the cost (at least for now).

Elsa's communication ritual left sufficient passage permissions, and Yuru descended with the maximum amount of magic power the passage could withstand.

Everything proceeded as planned.

Unfortunately, the world that Devland lived in was a very immature, chaotic, and unconscious aggregate.

Even if they all descend in a manner that conforms to the limit of ritual magic power, it would still be enough to crush all living beings in the world.

The Church of Eternal Night became the first victims.

Even with spatial interference, it is impossible to deploy all the puppets from the ever-changing puppet nest at once to clean up the battlefield.

Even though the puppets' combat power is affected by the "thinness" of the world's magic, they cannot unleash their full power.

Even when the puppets fight in another world, they cannot display more of their talents, special abilities, or powers.

Even the eighth-tier Eternal Night Cultists could only barely hold off these mass-produced dolls that the otherworldly voices regarded as toys.

They crossed space, stirring up magic and shattering the passageways between floors.

The closure of the ninth-floor gate and the massacre that ensued, which resulted in the beating of dogs, further awakened global consciousness.

To the clear-headed, to the sun shower, to the boundary between reality and illusion, the eternal night is a bunch of lunatics, the worst of the worst.

But from the perspective of the world's will, they are all children it has conceived.

"Visitors from Another World"

"massacre"

"Rivers of blood"

"Wailing"

Dangerous signs are appearing frequently.

The battle between the world and the invaders, the showdown between the "virus" and the immune system, has begun.

At this very moment, the Sunrain Squad, drawn by Alna, entered the temple and began their raid.

They overcame all obstacles and were unstoppable.

Despite not being players, they relied on sheer passion to clear floors 1 through 10 in a single life.

Until you reach the 11th floor.

The vanguard Freya is already so powerful; the approaching second wave of invaders will surely bring disaster!
In order to stop Yuru, the world consciousness gradually shrank, isolating the 11th and 12th floors.

The sun shower came at an inopportune time, but the world consciousness still loves His children.

The illusion isolates the sun shower, prompting it to return.

Jiang Heyi suddenly realized that in the illusion he encountered on the 11th floor, the illusory Alna had been constantly advising and brainwashing them to leave.

Even after their identities were exposed, they never showed any hostility towards them.

Thinking about it carefully, the Elemental Lords didn't use their full power at the beginning.

Even after the Dark Elemental Lord was killed and their own side was injured, the Elemental Lords restrained themselves by driving the players to a safe area and then refrained from attacking again.

That was the chaotic world consciousness, the mother of all living beings, doing everything in her power to remind and stop her children.

Jiang Heyi wondered, "Why can't it be conveyed more clearly?"

If we had communicated directly, this wouldn't have happened.

“He may have already given us a warning.” Yuu looked at Golia.

Gloria was struck dumb.

Before entering the 11th floor, they did indeed hear countless urgent whispers echoing in their ears.

He spoke very quickly, and his anxiety was palpable.

Orange Tea, who was flipping through the diary, froze.

Derell, the author of *The Sun Shower*, did indeed keep records.

Having witnessed the powerful mental magic of Eternal Night, the Sunshine Squad determined that the anomaly was a precursor to the opponent's mind control magic, and therefore had Plata cast a Great Purification spell to dispel it.

As they expected, the spirits, invisible to the naked eye, were instantly wiped out by Prata.

"Plata is always so trustworthy."

When Orange Tea read this, her heart trembled violently.

Yuru sighed again: "They send messages to the living through the lingering consciousness of the dead. I've seen another world too, a world like that of infants."

"Why can't we be more direct?" the woman in bed asked, puzzled. "We could show some kind of unusual phenomenon."

"Indeed, some powerful world consciousnesses can use the great souls that existed in history to imbue themselves with fleeting emotions and convey important messages, but... this world is far from being that mature."

“Furthermore,” Yuru countered, “isn’t the Origin Element an anomaly?”

The boundary between reality and illusion left everyone stunned.

The spectators were speechless.

Even with their godlike perspective, despite numerous interconnected clues, they remained bewildered and forced their way into the 11th floor.

How can Sun Shower, who is caught in the middle of the situation and believes that the Eternal Night Church is the mastermind, distinguish the truth from the falsehood?

Gloria finally broke down. Despite her unwavering support and guidance to the players, she knelt down and wept like a child after unleashing the final power of the Sun Shower.

Despite considering herself the pinnacle of the team's wisdom, she failed to fulfill her responsibilities.

French fries still don't understand.

"Who sent us all emails with rewards, misleading us away from floors 11 and 12?"

If the world's consciousness cannot transmit information more accurately, then were the emails sent by ghosts?
Xi Lu smiled faintly: "Someone who doesn't want you to repeat the mistakes of Sun Shower."

The fries shuddered.

"It really is... a ghost."

The ninth member of the Sunrain Squad who disappeared did not perish. Similar to Vanassis, he returned to the origin of the world after death, but lingered on the 11th floor.

She watched as Sunrain walked step by step toward death, becoming a witness to the players' journey into the dead end.

To prevent others from repeating her mistakes, she did everything in her power to keep players away.

Being at the source, Vanarsis created potions out of nothing.

She also briefly borrowed the power of the world's consciousness to deceive the players.

"No wonder the emails disappeared," Zhong Zemo suddenly realized.

The world's will failed to intercept Yuu-dew, and its descent is now inevitable.

Various methods were employed in an effort to protect the child's sense of world, including their own cytokine storm.

The 12th layer is sealed off, physically cutting off any means of life to reach this place. Memory manipulation and mental severance prevent anyone who still has some understanding of the people and events on the 12th layer from touching potentially dangerous beings.

Summon the elemental lords to guard the 11th floor and create an isolation zone.

To prevent their children from being bewitched and harmed by the otherworldly beings, and also to help them understand danger, the world's consciousness created illusions of flesh and blood, projecting grotesque and terrifying images into everyone's minds.

Elsa woke up at some point.

Despite being covered in fatal wounds and having long since gone to report to the World Consciousness, she has miraculously recovered.

The power of the otherworldly voices is breathtaking.

"What kind of magic? Can you teach me?" Orange Tea muttered to herself.

Now she has the mindset of a classic gamer.

As she lay dying, Elsa's consciousness lingered above the temple square, and she heard everything Yuu-ro said.

She gritted her teeth: "It's my fault... I shouldn't have summoned it."

Yuru waved to the celestial globe in the sky.

This treasure, which had been suppressing the illusion of flesh and blood in the world's consciousness, no longer needed to work.

The anticipated scenario of being overwhelmed by a bloody illusion did not occur.

Has global consciousness disappeared?
Xi Lu held a ball of light and came to Elsa's side, gently crushing it.

"Whoever it is, I'm begging for your help!"

"I will pay the price of my life!"

It was Elsa's heart-wrenching cry as she begged for help from another world.

"Resist the vile invaders, save the pure, and protect friends and family."

Yuru murmured, gazing at Elsa.

Is she wrong?

"With a simple sense of justice, and for the light in their hearts, they charged into the temple to fight against the eternal night, fearless of death."

Is there anything wrong with sun showers?

"Swallowed by the world, having lost its own name, it still strives to protect those who come after it, just to end the chain of tragedy."

Is it wrong for the ninth person to silently watch this place?
"The world consciousness does its utmost to contain the source of danger and protect the creatures within its embrace."

What did the World Consciousness do wrong?

As the evening dew gazes up at the sky, it seems to be looking at the gradually calming world consciousness.

"My master once said that the most important thing she learned from the supreme ruler was..."

“Beautiful hopes can also bear the fruit of tragedy.”

“Intertwined goodwill can also turn into a sharp blade that hurts people.”

Everything is constantly changing, and plans can never keep up with changes.

Everyone makes mistakes, and no one is entirely wrong; life is unpredictable.

Xi Lu smiled bitterly.

"wrong!"

The jailer shouted at the top of his lungs.

"That fucking damn eternal night, fuck the eternal night, the cancer of the world!"

The prison guard always manages to offer new solutions to problems. What was supposed to be a thought-provoking storyline was ruined by a single sentence from him.

Players were still immersed in Yuu's monologue when they heard the jailer yelling, and suddenly felt...

That makes a fucking lot of sense.

Who says no one is wrong?

Eternal Night was the biggest mistake!

It didn't invade, the Clarity was safe and sound, and Alna and Elsa were still happily researching magic.

King Slime will not lose his best friend.

Sun showers will not die; they can still walk through Devilland and continue their legend.

World consciousness remains dormant, slowly growing.

As people get older, they tend to become more sentimental, and Xi Lu's words made the enamel mug's eyes redden.

Everyone makes mistakes, and no one is entirely without fault; they experienced many such things in their time.

What was once so persistent, has been let go in old age.

"That jailer guy."

He completely ruined the precious moment of emotion I had been hoping for.

"Fuck the eternal night!"

"Fuck the eternal night!"

The players are already chanting the slogan in unison.

For some reason, I occasionally see some strange comments.

“Benzema ordered Yongye to do it, I saw it.”

"It's all the time's fault."

"Prisoner: Kids, I really didn't do it this time."

I feel like I've stepped into the realm of young people again; I can't understand a single word.

The players were misled, and Yulu was also somewhat stunned.

She was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"You can understand it that way, but reasoning backwards like this... isn't quite right."

An intellectual, rational, and charming answer, perfectly suited to Xi Lu's temperament.

She actually tried to understand and guide the prison guard on the correct way of thinking!

In order to prevent Xi Lu from being further shocked by the prison guard, Jiang Heyi quickly changed the subject.

"Why did the world consciousness suddenly..." He hesitated, stroking his chin, "stop influencing the 12th floor?"

Xi Lu smiled gently.

“Someone has already guided ‘Ghost Mouse’ to confront the world consciousness. He is a naive child and is not incapable of understanding emotions.”

“Intense emotions, born from the expectations of a great soul, will surely be answered.”

Everyone blinked, puzzled, when the usually silent Insect Mist suddenly shouted.

"It has a new name, a new name!"

Orange Tea hurriedly lowered her head, and the words "Ghost Mouse" slowly appeared on the diary.

The name of the last person from the Sun Shower has reappeared in the world!

In Gloria's chaotic mind, the vague memories gradually became clear.

Memories of spending time with the ghost mouse resurfaced in my mind.

She looked up and saw a black robe and suit, the standard attire for a Shadow Stalker in the game.

The last one in Sunrain, the Ghost Rat, is the favorite of most players. It's a perfect hybrid, retaining the outline of a human, with the iconic rat ears and tail of a rat-man.

She took the initiative to hug the tearful Gloria, her own golden eyes also glistening with tears.

"It's alright... He understands, He understands everything."

The world responded to Him.

The calamity has ended.

“We have further weakened our own power, no longer drawing power from the other side of the ritual passage, and accepting the rules of this place.”

Xi Lu stared at her palm: "This level of goodwill, combined with the conversation with You Shu, should buy us some time to stay here for a while."

"Stay?" Zhong Zemo asked suspiciously. "You've already killed all of Eternal Night's people and completed your mission, haven't you?"

"Just as Elsa was full of curiosity, so are we about a whole new world."

Xi Lu crossed her arms in front of her chest and bowed slightly toward the boundary between reality and illusion.

"As a successor that surpasses the sun shower."

"If you are willing to spar with us... we would be honored."

(End of this chapter)