T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 498, Section 497: Fighting for the Guild Mascot
When the Exhausted Realm went to the craftsman to retrieve their weapon, everyone in the Lemonade Hut Guild entered the world bubble at the boundary between reality and illusion.

Their daily routine involves playing dungeons in the first half of the night and then watching the pros play in the second half.

Depending on the density of the copies, they may be switched occasionally.

Non-combustible steel plate: "Ha, if only we had a friend who was in the top 4 of the Chinese server."

My Wi-Fi Can Fly: "Wake up, even if it did, you wouldn't be able to participate in such a high-intensity battle."

The battle for Green Embroidery City, a city with a boundary between the virtual and real worlds, has begun.

Unlike last time, they spent an extra 1 points to slightly increase the difficulty, ensuring they would get a greater reward in the final settlement.

Many spectators around the world have made similar comments.

He is famous for his generosity towards friends, which is a matter of personal boundaries.

Early guides and information on the Temple of the Clarity, available to the top 4 players in the Chinese server.

In the competitive world of Tower of Trials, after accumulating enough points, he actively feeds points to the other four guilds to help them advance their technology faster.

It's difficult to find anything wrong with them in terms of personal morality and character.

Even the most criticized prison guard is a cyber godfather who shares any lewd pictures he can find and commissions a lot of articles to feed his group members. His behavior is second only to ready-to-eat food in terms of nobility.

The world at the boundary between the virtual and the real is very, very far away from these small guilds.

Clear the Temple of the Clarity and challenge the higher floors of the Tower World?
The Lemonade Guild was defeated and forced to flee in terror by the legendary, durable King Gor'kron when they only reached the 10th floor of the temple.

There is no room for error; dying once means starting the entire game all over again.

If the damage output is insufficient, Gor'krond will resurrect infinitely, repeatedly tormenting the player.

In the Tower World, they only reached the 7th floor, having exhausted their challenge attempts.

In the game "Proof of the Stars," 9% of players feel the same way. Those levels and floors that they can easily pass through at the boundary between reality and illusion are, in their eyes, insurmountable mountains.

But they still really liked the game.

After all, nothing makes people happier than being able to freely control their time and do whatever they want without any worries.

The oldest members of the Lemon Soda Guild are the "Nuwai Couple" (a nickname for a couple who are very affectionate and playful). The remaining six members are all college students or recent graduates who are new to the workforce.

He could blend in with them without any awkwardness, never lacking topics of conversation, and they were always on the same wavelength, which made the two of them chuckle to themselves.

In the eyes of the other members, they were also "newbies" who had just entered university. They shared "cafeteria dungeon" strategy information no less than 3 times.

It seems the lovey-dovey couple, worried that they might both get into the same university, are so preoccupied with their sweet moments that they neglect their own meals.
Without Liu Jinhong and Lu Xinxin providing any details, the identities the guild members imagined for them were incredibly far-fetched.

The guild gasped in amazement as they watched as French Fries Wanjun severed the rhinoceros's massive head with a single stroke.

"Wow, those fries are so cool."

"In her hands, Berserker is not a class that can be dissolved by unknown AOE. In our hands, no matter how we play it, we will die instantly."

"The top damage dealer at the boundary between reality and illusion lives up to his name. He dances on the edge of a knife; it's either you die or I die. He plays with too much confidence."

"The more you win, the more confident you become, and you feel like you can handle everything. Your skills and experience snowball, making you unmatched."

Both men and women are swooning over each other, which is the standard reaction in French fries, guilds, and world chat.

She is the top damage dealer that every guild wants.

If there is a possibility that she will leave the boundary between the virtual and real worlds to find a new guild, the top guilds in the world will welcome her with open arms.

Even if the team's main damage dealers are unwilling, they will try their best to suppress their displeasure and helplessness when they hear her name and act as her wingman.

A person who can make even the most unforgiving profession shine will be a top-tier player, no matter what damage-dealing class they switch to.

After retrieving her weapon, the Withered Realm stared blankly at Fries' solo performance for a long time, watching her weave through the herd of rhinoceros beasts, her sword flashing and falling.

If the rhinoceros beast hadn't activated its demon-suppressing artifact, its rampage against the Peria army could have continued for a while longer.

It was like when he was a child and accidentally saw a great TV series while going to bed. Although he was really reluctant to leave, his inner rationality urged him to move.

"Let's go, let's get justice for the chairman!"

Those few words caused everyone in the Lemon Soda Guild to change their expressions.

Back at the guild, they stuffed all the items they'd traded with NPCs into their backpacks—they'd even taken the guild's central core that kept the puppets running and traded it away.

The surface of the Temple of the Clarity.

Through player exploration, people discovered many strange ruins in the thick fog on the surface of the Temple of the Clarity.

Explore ruins and defeat ruin guardians to obtain scrolls that upgrade skills, a large amount of experience, and high-value materials.

This is their mini tower world, a "dessert" exclusively for ordinary players, launched alongside the Tower World Challenge.

The area, which had been quiet due to the end of the temple conquest speedrun, has become lively again.

Since the fog is mostly a battleground, players will inevitably compete with other teams when they enter, making player-versus-player combat (PvP) very common.

The Lemonade Guild isn't strong; in the self-deprecating humor of its members, they're just a bunch of rats.

They dared not venture into the depths of ruins that might yield valuable materials.

Even if we went, we wouldn't be able to win.

They are either squads under a well-known guild, with rich gaming experience and excellent equipment.

They're either a small, scattered team of headhunters, whose minds are only focused on killing.

Either the Ruins BOSS will spawn and go berserk, allowing invading players to experience the pain on equal terms.

Knowing their limitations, they only wander around the outer layer of the ruins, hoping to trigger some special events that will allow them to find some useful materials to exchange for money.

Most of the time, what they play is a low-intensity garbage-collecting simulator.

It is very friendly to players who lack strength, cannot complete the main storyline, cannot advance the temple, and are unable to climb the tower world.

You'll likely find nothing in the dense fog for ten days to half a month, but you might also find high-level equipment crafting materials, which will happily add to your equipment upgrade plans.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Three days ago, the Lemonade Guild crossed the fog wall and arrived at a troll tribe.

On the troll's altar, two statues shimmering with red light were prominently displayed.

Materials with a red rarity would probably only elicit a "Is that all?" from someone on the boundary between reality and illusion.

For ordinary players, especially those who lack the ability to explore ruins, this is like a windfall.

At the same time they were fiercely fighting the trolls, another team accidentally wandered into this area.

Considering the mutual constraints, no one can easily obtain the material; failure or death means gaining nothing.

Everyone reached an agreement—one for each person.

then……

They betrayed the entire Lemonade team.

The story had only progressed to this point because of gullibility.

Lemonade drinkers are just ordinary people; they might sulk for a bit, grumble a couple of times, and then swallow their anger.

Unfortunately, after the betrayal ended, the other party even gave Liu Jinhong, who had taken the initiative to propose the agreement, an international friendship gesture.

Adhering to the prevailing ideology that only their own president can criticize them and that they are the ones who are most likely to provoke them, the lemonade is easily ignited.

Even though Liu Jinhong tried to persuade him, he still used up the instant resurrection that players received when creating an account.

Fierce battle!

"Young people these days are so restless, but I don't really care."

At their age, these little things in the virtual world don't really stir up any emotions within them.

but……

Despite saying that, the two immediately used up their precious collectibles, which they thought they would never use even if they quit the hobby, and joined the young man in a fierce counterattack.

I'll fuck you to death!

Liu Jinhong felt incredibly excited, instantly transporting him back to his student days when the neighborhood wasn't exactly safe.

When walking home from school with Lu Xinxin, I would occasionally hear that someone was having a fight or that another group of people were getting into a brawl.

Suddenly someone shouted, and the students on their way home from school clutched their backpacks tightly and ran as fast as they could, as if they were being beaten up by a group of delinquents with sticks.

At these times, he would always hold Lu Xinxin's hand tightly with a happy smile. Young people always have some wonderful fantasies, such as a hero rescuing a damsel in distress.

Bravely fighting their way out amidst swords, spears, and clubs, they bask in the admiring and adoring gazes of those they admire, as if everything in their lives was a preparation for this grand performance.

A moment is eternity.

Liu Jinhong never expected that he would actually realize this dream.

Decades later.

in the game.

What shielded Lu Xinxin from was not the berserker's bloodlust, but the restless fantasies of her youth.

It's like my younger self jumping out and asking him if he's won over his favorite girl and if he needs my help.

"What was the president grinning about just now?"

Did I smile like an idiot?

"He was playing while grinning like an idiot and watching 'Sister Fanxing'."

"Wow, you're not even thinking about all that sweet stuff while you're fighting, are you? You two are hopeless idiots!"

Everyone was trying to deflect the awkwardness through conversation.

They lost, even though they knocked out four of the opposing team members.

The more I think about it, the angrier I get, and the angrier I get, the more I think about it.

Liu Jinhong and Lu Xinxin have long been the guild's mascots, and their cheesy little skits are an indispensable part of everyone's daily life.

The mascot was insulted by being given the middle finger, and the kind-hearted person was bullied by having their head stepped on. Everyone at Lemon Soda couldn't stand this insult.

So what if it's a large guild with a large number of members?
So what if the well-known streamer "Xiao Xiaofeng" is here?
So what if it was snatched by a top streamer?
It's unacceptable to bully the president.

Guild infrastructure, downgraded and monetized resources.

All the inventory that had been accumulated over a long period of time was sold off.

All of it is used to upgrade equipment and items.

Now that we know their guild, we'll do anything to make things difficult for them!
Damn it, I'm going to explode!

As night fell, the main force of [Little Wind Logistics Department] was busy conquering the Tower World.

Invade!

"Wait, let me share some things with you."

The couple opened their backpacks and distributed a huge amount of magic potions.

The group of lemonade drinkers opened their mouths slightly and slowly tilted their heads.

"This, this is?"

"A friend gave it to me; he said it would make me feel warm and cozy."

The hibernating orange cat opened a bottle and tilted its head back to drink.

"Don't!"

The hibernating orange cat's troll body trembled.

"what happened?"

"If you drink this, you'll really go into hibernation. This is for throwing."

"what?"

Since the boundary between the virtual and real worlds has been explored and a technology-driven approach has been developed, major guilds have been following suit in building guild strongholds.

Xiao Xiaofeng's logistics department is also establishing guild strongholds, so the coordinates cannot be turned off; anyone can infiltrate by simply entering the coordinates.

As soon as it landed, the hibernating orange cat couldn't wait to throw a bottle of magic potion at the wall of the stronghold.

The loud explosion made everyone's eardrums ache.

The moment the potion touched the wall, it spread out like liquid flame.

Dark red flames surged wildly along the cracks in the bricks, and the surface of the bricks melted at a visible speed, like wax figures being baked by high temperatures.

The hibernating orange cat was not at a safe distance, so the flying sparks hit him all over, making him howl and jump back.

The withered realm people, who had acquired the new weapon and intended to avenge their beloved guild leader, were dumbfounded.

A single potion is more powerful than his most powerful attack.

"Really? I don't believe it!"

As he spoke, he tossed a bottle into the distance.

It shattered upon impact, leaving no sound.

"Sigh, it really is a counterfeit and substandard product, unreliable..."

"Boom~~"

The shockwave from the explosion, carrying flying burning debris, stung everyone's skin and prompted the Little Wind Logistics Department guild to activate emergency alert mode, notifying all online players.

Withered Boundary rubbed his eyes, staring at the collapsed load-bearing wall and the cracked, seemingly about-to-collapse ceiling, and couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Yes, guild master, where did you get these potions? They're amazing!"

"A gift from your favorite player who bridges the gap between reality and illusion."

Everyone stared blankly at the smug couple.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, they all pulled out their potions: "Let's avenge the guild leader! Explode!"

Nobody believed it; they just thought it was some silly couple using them for a TV show.

Liu Jinhong and Lu Xinxin exchanged a glance and smiled.

These days, nobody believes you when you tell the truth.

"Who are you people, and why do you want to..."

The online players from Little Wind's Logistics Department rushed back, and just as they were about to ask what was going on, several bottles of magic potions were smeared on their faces.

He couldn't even finish a sentence before being roasted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside by the elemental combustion bottle, and then his body was obliterated by the aftershocks of the explosion.

The hibernating orange cat belatedly realized: "That's a player, isn't it?"

My Wi-Fi Can Fly: "Is this a player? I thought it was a guild doll."

A Cantonese-style little sprite: "Never mind that, just talk to my potion! Hooray, let's set off fireworks for the New Year~~~~"

"Congratulations on your fortune!"

"Congratulations on your amazing performance!"

"Please bring over the best of everything."

"If you don't like it, please leave."

"Oh~~~~ It's never a bad thing to be polite!"

"Boom!"

The potions exploded everywhere, and the Little Wind Guild's hard-earned construction value was quickly reduced to zero by the efficient destruction.

The massive resources invested went down the drain.

The urgent warning echoed in the ears of every guild member, forcing them to exit the Tower World and the main world instance and rush to the rescue.

When they discovered that such a huge commotion was actually caused by just eight people, and that the upgraded guild dolls were completely powerless to stop it, they were dumbfounded.

Without giving him any chance to fight back, Liu Jinhong waved his hand and made a quick getaway.

All that remained was ruins and devastation.

"Guild leader, our guild base... is ruined, we have to start building it from scratch."

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(End of this chapter)