T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 371, Chapter 370: Be a Beam of Light
The guild stronghold at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds has been rebuilt into a large, two-story, unconnected miniature garden structure on the basis of the original Temple of the Clarity.

Thanks to the guild's collection frequently stealing materials from the dead, and the stable output from the guild's base, the guild's puppets are now able to spontaneously assist in the operation of the guild when no one is online.

Jiang Heyi handed over all the wandering merchant's transactions to Bohe. Before the shameful witch visited the guild, she was a thoroughly unscrupulous merchant, so they were evenly matched.

Kesha was in charge of the base construction—the siren artisans from the Fallen Star Sea basically lived in the guild, and they were always ready to help whenever the boundary between the virtual and real worlds wanted to expand.

The woman jokingly referred to this as Kesha's dowry.

Looking across the entire server, no other guild has such a comprehensive development that seamlessly blends the virtual and real worlds, possessing NPCs, materials, collectibles, and strongholds.

What's somewhat disingenuous is that, because the main world storyline was so easy to navigate, they never delved into the details of the guild's functions, and most of the time they just used it as a transit point into the game.

The achievements that other players would drool over are insignificant and trivial matters at the boundary between the virtual and real worlds.

No wonder Nong Ya exclaimed loudly when she saw everything during her visit, as if she had never seen the world before.

The topic returned to the starting point.

The candlelight clearly saw this as an opportunity, giving them a rule advantage. Why can't they find a way to realize it?
Where exactly is it hidden, or is the time just not right?
Jiang Heyi's latest post has everyone itching to write something, feeling like they're about to grow a brain.

The jailer glanced at the guild's live stream and couldn't help but cover his face: "Sigh, that shameful dragon, Arela, exploded again!"

"Huh?" The tea master leaned closer.

Within the black mist, Elerave had reverted to her dragon form, her body charred black, her scales shattered, and blood gushing from her skin.

The area where she was located had a huge crater caused by the explosion resulting from the failed refining process, and a massive amount of sand and gravel was thrown into other areas of the same layer.

The working pack animals rushed to the Slime King and huddled together, trembling uncontrollably—she, a specialist in animal husbandry, rarely came to this floor, but occasionally she would come here to tease the pack animals, and they had become quite familiar with each other over time.

"It's already blown to bits, and you're still worried about forging?" the Tea Master couldn't help but shout.

The jailer realized he was focusing on the wrong thing and quickly shifted his perspective to assess the damage.

Jiang Heyi acted quickly, connecting the APP to the projector that Yuan Huanye had prepared for them, and placing it directly on the blank wall.

Ksha's management worked. Ever since the first failed refining attempt and the resulting explosion, she had persuaded Elerave to move to the outskirts and set up water elemental shields in the mining area as a precaution.

Now they've all come in handy.

The mine and the unprocessed ore were completely unharmed.

The pack animals were unharmed except for being startled by the explosion.

However, because the commotion was so great, all the NPCs in the guild came over.

The sight of the humiliating dragon Arelavi being publicly humiliated and left battered must have been a significant blow to her seemingly resigned but actually proud heart.

"I feel like I'll be able to refine it successfully next time."

"Huh?" Everyone couldn't help but look at the French fry who had spoken.

He sighed in bed: "She almost caused the mine to collapse. From one failure to many more, you seem to have more confidence than her."

"Mint's Little Lesson." Fries raised his index finger. "Both potion making and magical tool forging have similarities. The initial stage of tempering and the final stage of energy condensation are highly stable, and the resulting damage is also more intense. The manifestation is mostly instantaneous energy release, which is what we complain about the most: explosions and combustion."

No matter how much people complain about the poor quality of the drugs Mint sold in the early stages, she is still a genius who can condense the energy of unstable drugs into a stable state, and only when the customer uses them will they automatically collapse into effective or ineffective states, and the explosion is still triggered normally.

In a true sense, it means handing the risk over to the buyer while remaining safe and making a fortune—provided that the sales are not conducted at fixed locations. Otherwise, it will inevitably be exposed to the real world offline; this is how the boundary between the virtual and real worlds works.
Given the explosive power of the explosion that Elaine created, this should be an energy condensation accident that occurred at the end of the refining process.

The elemental power that could not be contained within the magical artifact formed a massive storm, forcing her to withstand it with her bare body.

"The dragon is really resilient; it was at the center of the explosion but only suffered minor injuries."

There are so many things to criticize about the Tetraprime's statements that I don't even know where to begin.

Considering the severe blows Aleira has suffered recently, everyone felt that she should be comforted.

"Tea Master, why don't you chat with her on the app later? Let Elena not feel pressured."

That's what they say, but in reality, the pressure at the boundary between the virtual and the real is enormous.

All the materials I painstakingly obtained by conquering the Easter egg levels have now been squandered down to just 3.

Although they knew that once they succeeded with Elerave, all subsequent attempts at refining would go smoothly, the scarcity of materials was an urgent issue.

"Have some courage, Hajiron," the jailer silently wished him well.

Zhong Zemo took a different approach: "That shouldn't be the case. The legendary dragon, crafted by the most famous artisan in Anna, has failed to forge almost as many times as getting the pity system in a gacha game."

"Could this be some kind of special personal storyline, like Mint's?"

Originally, no one had really thought of it this way. Elaeva's self-deprecating behavior of abandoning the dragon made everyone used to teasing her for being stubborn.

Since both are great sages who rose to prominence in the post-apocalyptic era, it makes perfect sense that Mint has a special storyline and so does Elera.

With the virtual and real worlds separated for a break, players in the other time zone entered a period of high activity.

The rankings on the ladder, which had remained stagnant, now featured many North American teams.

Although they are all on the 5th floor, Yuru will evaluate each team's performance based on their progress and results, and rotate their rankings.

Therefore, the ladder rankings provide a clear view of a guild's best performance in a single raid at the current level.

Since players have hailed Tower World as a de facto world championship, the war of words between players worldwide has never stopped.

Domestically, it's no exception to the trend; even abroad, the moon isn't exactly rounder.

Their attacks are like a hellish joke encyclopedia; you have to hold back your laughter to go to heaven—of course, you'll basically all end up in hell, so please, Satan, get off your seat.

Sometimes even Satan himself has to come down and welcome them to the throne.

Domestic players typically start by targeting their parents, and their aggression radiates outwards from their registered residence to five other relatives.

If you're going to be a little ruthless, Fang Xiaoru would crawl out and suspect that everything outside the ten clans has been wiped out by an area-of-effect attack (AOE), which is a bit extreme.

The vocabulary of insults used by the two sides is completely different. Due to cultural differences, some of the special attacks that the other side believes have no effect on Chinese players.

Since the boundary between virtual and real is at the top of the leaderboard, and most Chinese players don't provoke each other, they have had a lot of fun since the start of the competition.

Bringing Ying and France to continue their century-old friendship, the guilds exchanged friendly greetings and agreed that when they met offline, Ying would treat the guild to some good juice.

"Since the rules specifically mention guilds, they must be useful, and I need to manage them."

This idea, which originated in the Tower World, has taken root in people's hearts.

The top-ranked Italian guild, [Eye of Kekexili], found an underground dungeon and established a guild base. However, less than two days later, they were ambushed and destroyed by [Heroic Spirits of Saint Helena], who are currently ranked second only to the Boundary Between Reality and Illusion on the leaderboard.

This led to Italian and French players also engaging in combat.

Italy angrily denounced the French for surrendering to their bloodline, saying they had no men left and had been stealing their culture since ancient times.

"What bullshit French cuisine! It's all just stolen culture, packaged and marketed back at us!" France angrily denounced Italy for being two-faced and opportunistic. Instead of using the broken pasta incident to stir up trouble, they directly mocked Italy's prevalent gangster culture, saying that the "beacon" even helped them glorify gangster behavior.

"I love your gangster culture the most, I hope you have more of it."

They poked each other in the lungs.

When I made a few remarks while showing the show to the other players, they immediately rebuked me, calling me a "pig-eating country" and saying that "people who live under wartime control have no right to speak."

The lighthouse player approaches.

"That's right, I love your obesity rate. I heard you can't afford vegetables?"

The Lighthouse player retorted, "I really like your unruly attitude. If the natural gas runs out one day and the 08 cold wave comes back, I hope your bones can burn like firewood."

What started as a minor skirmish between two guilds escalated into a bizarre war of words that swept across Europe and even dragged neighboring North America into the fray.

The scale of this war is equivalent to Cyber ​​War III.

The boundary between the virtual and real worlds knew they were arguing, but hadn't looked into the specific reasons.

After listening to the explanation from the content creator who claimed to be covering the boundary between reality and fiction, I could only manage a forced laugh from everyone, especially since it was early in the morning.

Jiang Heyi asked Nong Ya if she knew about Cyber ​​Wars III.

"Cyber ​​Wars 3, it already has this name? It seems the scale has expanded again."

Nong Ya is essentially a message aggregator with strong information processing and comprehension skills, far superior to those marketing accounts that merely slice content and insert low-quality background music.

In her view, the so-called cyber war is a manifestation of the power of public opinion.

Within the Tower World, guilds compete fiercely on the ladder rankings; outside the Tower World, a guild's influence is closely tied to the nation behind it.

Italians may say a thousand times that France stole their culture and history, but it won't make a ripple on traditional social media platforms.

However, with the support of the Stars of Proof and the Tower World Tournament, as a top-ranked guild on the ladder, their words are enough to cause a huge impact.

Voices that are usually ignored can instantly be heard by countless people who are paying attention to Proof of the Stars.

"Did you know that many elements of French cuisine actually come from Italy? They're just better at packaging and marketing them?"

Regardless of whether the conclusion is correct, the message has already been disseminated.

Debunking rumors is far more difficult than spreading them; whoever speaks out first benefits.

Given this premise, the higher the ranking of a guild, the louder its voice becomes.

Whether you're a player or an outsider, you'll focus more on the front row.

The significance of the leaderboard goes beyond simply rewarding those who rank in the top 50 or top 200.

If you don't fight for it, someone else will.

If you don't seize the high ground of public opinion, someone else will occupy it completely.

Amid this upheaval that is gradually spreading to all countries, Chinese players say they remain calm.

It's impossible to be unstable. In the game, they genuinely reached number one, but outside the game... those who know, know.

Two of them are in the top 100, a unique situation among all countries.

In other words, he doesn't like to get involved in the hype surrounding the boundary between reality and virtuality; otherwise, anything he says could become a trending topic.

Jiang Heyi recalled what she had said when she met with Candlelight that night.

"Why go to all this trouble to save the world of Ana, just to fulfill a promise made to someone from that period of history?"

"This will do you almost no good. The price you pay for it is unimaginable to us, but it will surely be so high that our civilization will struggle to breathe."

Zhong Zemo was very puzzled, and his question was actually the biggest confusion in the hearts of everyone else.

The boundary between reality and illusion is incomprehensible. Why would a civilization behind a candlelight try to save a civilization that is destined to perish?

The vast and desolate universe, the fleeting existence of civilizations, on a macroscopic level, is like the beating of a giant's heart.

"I cannot comprehend what the Sovereign can gain from this."

"But I can describe to you what I understand."

"This stems from an insight I gained while listening to the teachings of the Sovereign."

"The Sovereign said that order originates from the first one to reach the pinnacle."

"If it is a beam of light, then there is light in this universe."

"If it is an endless, deep darkness, then this universe is nothing but desolation and destruction."

"It doesn't matter who reached the peak or why. What matters is that they succeeded in doing so, which will inspire countless beings to follow suit."

"Ideally, he might be a wise emperor, a learned elder, or a pioneer who overcomes all obstacles."

"The sad thing is that the data obtained from the chaotic model established by the game actually consists mostly of what you call humanoid or anthropomorphic creatures."

Strangely enough, everyone at the boundary between the virtual and the real can relate to these words.

The fries understood: "Your master must be the first ray of light that lays the foundation."

The candlelight responded: "Since the universe is desolate and lonely, let us light it ourselves and make it shine."

The reason for saving the Anna world was almost entirely due to this idealistic sentiment, which led to the fact that the ruler chose it as a pilot project.

Whether they succeed or not is not important; what matters is that they tried.

If you can't even keep a promise and cowardly give it up, then what future are you talking about?
In that instant, everyone wavered at the boundary between reality and illusion.

They say they'll give an answer after they die, but in reality, everyone has their own answer in their heart.

The dream of becoming a hero has never been so clear, like a scroll slowly unfolding before everyone.

With just a nod, they would be overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility and the impending praise.

"Holy crap, Orange Tea helped me draw a card, and I got a triple yolk!" The jailer jumped up, excitedly pacing around the table like a monkey.

He destroyed all the emotions and feelings that Jiang Heyi had recalled.

What else can I do? He chose this teammate himself, so all I can do is forgive him like a father.

The thought that this ill-fated relationship would continue into the next life made Jiang Heyi shake his head.

(End of this chapter)