T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 39. How could you be so shameful!
Jiang Heyi underestimated the traffic-generating properties of the boundary between the virtual and the real. The video, which had the nature of a strategy guide, had already garnered over 10,000 views in just 10 minutes after being approved.

Although it doesn't include the specific walkthrough process, the comprehensive details still drew praise from the viewers in the live chat.

The number of comments and messages naturally increased steadily.

Jiang Heyi filtered the comments by popularity and saw several highly-rated ones.

"I can understand that the three elements of light, fire, and lightning can suppress the monsters in the dust layer, but how did they figure out this trick of making monsters visible through elemental essence dust? Are we playing the same game?"

A long review below corresponds to it.

"It is known that the boundary between the virtual and real worlds is a 5-person guild. They have reached the fourth level of the underground temple in 11 days since the server opened. They need to feed the Starry Sky Gems, exchange for combat items, and repair the durability of their equipment."

"The sunk cost of failing a challenge is a pain that new players can hardly afford. Therefore, I boldly speculate that crossing the boundary between the virtual and real worlds and passing through the dust layer only resulted in one failure at most."

"Don't be surprised by my conclusion, because even if you get some high-quality drops from the underground temple in the early stages of the boundary between reality and illusion, and you get one-shotted by the invisible frog-headed stitched monster, it's hard to even think about challenging it again."

"Therefore, I boldly assert once again that upon first encountering the Froghead Stitches, I was able to fight it off to a standstill at the boundary between reality and illusion. After figuring out its tactics, I confidently responded and easily crushed it to victory."

"I don't know what you guys think, but last night our guild was not satisfied and attacked three times, using up all the materials, but we still couldn't see the monster's main body."

"I watched the videos about the boundary between reality and virtuality on my knees."

Jiang Heyi grinned, smiling silently.

Although it was just speculation, some of the details were quite accurate, such as the number of challenges.

They solved the Frankenstein monster in three separate attempts.

As for using data on the items dropped to derive the cost and then to estimate the number of challenges, this method is not very effective for the boundary between the virtual and real worlds.

Because they have orange tea, the three free teleports they got from the early lottery alone saved them a lot of money. Their lucky streak along the way is enough to make every unlucky person shed tears.

The current achievements of the boundary between reality and illusion are inextricably linked to the shameful witch.

However, players of the Stars of Proof seem unaware that there are unique individuals among the NPCs, such as the Shameful Witch, who can act as both a Palu and a mentor.

By searching using the keyword "[Proof of the Stars Mint]", Jiang Heyi found some player comments in several online communities.

Not every player encounters Mint in the dynamic world of Stellaris, and even if they do, they may not be able to develop a relationship with her. Just like relationships between people in real life, fate plays a role here.

Unstable potions, selling counterfeit and substandard potions, potions exploding on their own, suddenly attacking players...

Those who happen to have a connection with mint have only received negative feedback.

Eccentric, difficult to communicate with, moody, gloomy, a useless potion user...

Are these labels really the mint they know?
The Mint they knew, though shameful, money-loving, fond of kickbacks, and occasionally a bit neurotic, was by no means a difficult person to get along with.

With a worldview as limited as that of an infant, they often ask questions that Mint finds incredibly idiotic.

At most, she would verbally express her disdain by saying, "What kind of noble young masters are you? Don't you even know this?" After satisfying her sense of superiority, she would then stand tall and puff out her chest, adopting the demeanor of a teacher and earnestly begin to instruct.

Is it low emotional intelligence?

Sort of.

But he is undoubtedly a good teacher.

After all, if an adult were to seriously ask Jiang Heyi, "Which is harder, my head or a bullet..."

He might answer, "Go ahead and try it; practice makes perfect."

What causes such a huge difference in peppermint?
In the dynamically evolving world of Proof of the Stars, the fate of each NPC will deviate slightly with dynamic events, leading to drastically different outcomes.

Or is there another reason?

After letting my thoughts wander for a while, the video on how to clean the dust layer had already approached 10 views.

The video of "Proof of the Stars" has a very strong cross-cultural effect.

Viewers may have never played any games, or may not have access to StarCraft's login device, but that doesn't prevent them from participating in the dreamlike game world through viewing.

"A VLOG from another world." That's how some people describe it.

You can choose not to play, but no one can resist the urge to watch.

Seeing some well-known streamers and content creators in the comments section, Jiang Heyi thoughtfully reopened her private messages.

Before he could take a closer look, the messages in the chat group caught his attention.

"I think I've found someone to help us fill out the guild war squad."

It was a message sent by Zhong Zemo.

The jailer immediately jumped out: "Your friend? What kind of person?"

"I met him when I was playing with physical cards. He helped me a lot when I first got into the game. He even gave me a basic card set and my first card sleeve. He's a very good-tempered person with a cheerful and sunny personality."

Zhong Zemo continued, "He hasn't been very active in the last two years. His private account's Moments is very clean, with nothing there. But last night he suddenly shared a screenshot from the game, and that's when I found out he also had a spot."

Is this the bond between card players?

Zhong Zemo's friend guided him and helped him enter the circle, and he carried forward this spirit, becoming a well-known "master of generating electricity with love" in the group.

System notification: "[Four Primitives] have joined this group."

Zhong Zemo's friend has changed his name to his in-game ID.

The jailer was always the first to speak: "Now the group members have a new member! Boss, let me cling to your coattails!"

Having just joined the group, Quadruple was a little reserved, but his speech was tinged with self-deprecating humor.

"Not some big shot, just a corporate slave whose flesh has become firm and bouncy from the trials of life."

"Anyway, welcome, welcome! Let's play a game together at midnight tonight?" Orange Tea also came out.

After waiting for a while, just as Orange Tea was wondering if she had said something wrong that caused the newcomer to fall silent, Quadruple Entity spoke up again.

"Due to life circumstances, my online time may be irregular, so I may not be able to arrange a time with you guys." Seeing that everyone in the group liked to send cat emojis, the Primal also sent a crying cat emoji, "But I will definitely be there on time for the guild war."

Based on Zhong Zemo's words and his self-introduction as a "corporate slave," he seems to be a very busy person. Original Fries finally chimed in: "It's okay, we're just here for the rewards, don't feel pressured."

Seemingly finding the modified tearful cat head sent by the four original entities to be much better than his own plain version, the jailer simply copied and pasted it for his own use.

"That's right, we're all veteran anime fans. Everyone here is weird, so there's no need to be so reserved."

"Please don't mention anyone else in your self-introduction, thank you." Plain fries quickly distanced themselves from the topic.

"【Boundary Between Reality and Illusion】, this name seems familiar?"

Jiang Heyi, sitting in front of the screen, could barely contain his laughter. He could vaguely imagine the expressions that the four original entities on the other side of the screen would make after the search.

As expected, after a moment of silence, the four original entities quickly sent a private message to Zhong Zemo.

"Squid...are you guys doing cosplay?"

Zhong Zemo, who had just finished class, looked at the chat history and couldn't help but chuckle: "Don't doubt it, we are the boundary between the virtual and the real."

This makes the silence period of the four primitives even longer.

Looking at the "boss" greeting the jailer sent when welcoming him, it had the kind of excitement a max-level player feels seeing a newbie...

He sifted through the emojis and found the one he wanted.

It was a tearful cat head that said "I'm no good at anything".

The legendary guild, known as the top PVE guild by players, the Reality Boundary, has finally welcomed its sixth member.

We're just one person short of the official minimum number of participants required for guild wars.

With about half a month left, there's still plenty of time.

As night falls, the boundary between reality and illusion is once again blurred by the stars.

Jiang Heyi immediately inquired about the visit records of Garlic Sprouts, but Mint still hadn't returned.

"They really separated the luggage?" The prison guard suddenly felt a little disappointed.

“No way,” Jiang Heyi said. “If she really had no confidence in us, given how shameful she is, the guild chests would have been completely looted.”

"Who's the one who's shameful? Who's the one who's shameful!"

Before the radiance of the Starry Sky Jade's guidance had faded, Mint, who had been teleported back to the guild, was flushed and started cursing.

Her furrowed brows slowly relaxed as things came into view and became clearer.

His big eyes were filled with great confusion.

Mint looked around, up and down, then scooped up water from the fountain and splashed it on the ground. She then used her wet hands to pat the thick, polished marble wall.

She touched the ground with her toes, rubbed them hard, and made a "snap" sound as she scraped against the smooth floor tiles. Then, Mint covered her forehead with her hand.

"Did I teleport down the wrong way...? Is this a guild I know?"

Ignoring everyone, she jogged towards the main hall, only to stumble into the dolls' resting room, startling the messenger who was responsible for going out to collect trash and gather materials, who sat up against the wall, clutching his chest.

"Wow...why? This should be the main hall."

It's so embarrassing, I can't even bear to watch it as a joke.

Led by Jiang Heyi, Bohe rediscovered the wooden bed she had placed in the main hall, and...

"Wow, that's more like it! This dilapidated table and chairs—this is the boundary between reality and illusion that I recognize!"

She really lacks emotional intelligence...

Mint is very adaptable; after receiving a perfunctory explanation, she no longer cares about the guild's magnificent new look.

Jiang Heyi snatched her hat off: "This is the longest you've ever been away."

Mint, who was lying on the bed with her little feet dangling back and forth, quickly reached out to snatch it back, arguing incessantly.

“You were the ones who said I could leave anytime, and I have things I want to do.”

Suddenly, her small mouth parted slightly, and she smiled.

"You guys can't possibly survive without me, this genius witch, can you?"

"I think I can also tear off your witch's robe."

Mint immediately jumped out of bed and quickly covered herself with her clothes.

The man with the plain fries crossed his arms and asked suspiciously, "Didn't you bring anything back from this trip?"

"Of course I do! What, do you suspect this witch is taking your materials for free?"

"What about the things you brought back?"

"..."

"..."

After their eyes met for a long time, Mint panicked and looked around frantically.

She snatched the witch's hat and peered inside.

"Do you know spatial magic? You can hide a lot of things in here?" Jiang Heyi was so angry that he laughed.

After confirming the location where she was teleported back, Mint was stunned.

He then touched his head and gave everyone an awkward smile.

"When I was teleporting... I think I put the bag on the ground and didn't pick it up."

How could you be such a disgraceful witch!
　I tried out a new feature. It feels really good with the overall atmosphere of this book, and I'll probably use it a lot in the future.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)