T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 627, Section 626: Cheating

Having spent many years as an adventurer, Gloria's ability to judge character is beyond question.

It was through this that she helped Walvin find the other members of the Sun Shower.

Although her mind was still a mess, she instinctively felt that the boundary between reality and illusion was believable.

For no reason.

"So, what do we do now?" Gloria took a deep breath, trying to make her voice sound calm.

She glanced at her companions behind her and received the same confused yet trusting looks in return.

"From now on, the Sunrain Squad will also follow your command."

Jiang Heyi didn't answer directly, but instead glanced at the squid next to her.

The squid immediately understood, grinned, and made a jaw-dropping gesture.

He began disassembling the components inside his massive tower shield.

He skillfully twisted the handle in the center of the shield and removed a... slightly curved iron pot, the size of which was just right to be flipped and fit the shield surface, from the inside of the shield.
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Before the battle, he would remove the iron pot and carry it on his back, becoming a scapegoat, which could barely withstand attacks from behind.

Sun Rain stared blankly at the scapegoat transforming, his big eyes filled with great confusion.

"Great location, great view, let's eat first." Jiang Heyi picked up a large rock to use as a chair and sat down. "We've been starving for ages."

The intense travel, the nerve-wracking exploration, and the mentally exhausting protracted battle with Gorcalon pushed the physical limits of everyone on the boundary between the real and the virtual.

While the stamina-restoring potion from peppermint is effective, it doesn't fill you up.

"Here...here?" Gloria exclaimed in astonishment, hurriedly pointing to the terrifying floating polyhedron not far away and the fighting puppets below. "Won't we be affected by them?"

French Fries smiled and led her to a seat.

"Don't worry, the Dominator's puppets and the commanders who have reached this level are all law-abiding people. As long as they don't attack anyone other than Eternal Night, they won't show any aggression."

Except in games.

For the sake of creating a sense of conflict, the Overlord, during the design process, forcibly transformed Xilu's doll Freya into a war goddess.

The Ghost Rat, the team's best night vision and eyesight, had been curiously perched on the edge of the platform, carefully observing the battlefield below for quite some time.

She turned around and nodded affirmatively to her companions in the Sun Shower: "It's true! Those puppets really do avoid the survivors of the Clear Ones and only target the people of the Eternal Night!"

Seeing that the squid had started a fire and was cooking, it seemed like they were really about to start eating and drinking, Gloria couldn't help but ask.

"Historically, we've only ever lost to the Origin Elements?"

Seeing the fries nod affirmatively, everyone in Sunrain unconsciously straightened their backs a bit.

Complex and indescribable emotions surged within me.

Despite knowing that he was destined to perish in this history, his ultimate defeat at the hands of the world's consciousness was, in itself, a tragic glory belonging to the strong.

He lived up to his beliefs and died as a warrior on the road to fighting against the eternal night.

It seems... not so hard to accept.

Plata, standing to the side, rested her chin on her hands, and the pair of beautiful butterfly wings behind her drooped somewhat listlessly.

She muttered to herself, "Aside from the fact that I'm 'completely unknown,' which is a bit frustrating... I think I can accept the rest."

His tone didn't suggest that he could accept it.

Vanassis, on the other hand, seemed much more magnanimous. He shrugged elegantly and said, "As for our reputation, we can't hear or see it ourselves, so it doesn't matter."

The campfire was quickly lit, and Cuttlefish steadily placed the rather comical-looking iron pot on it.

The backpacks of the people on the boundary between the virtual and the real were like treasure chests. They had already taken out some food to share with them, but most of it was hard, dry food and dried meat.

Just as Gloria was wondering what delicious dish they planned to make with this little bit of food, footsteps came from the steps leading down to the platform.

The quilt and the four original bodies returned, and together they brought back a rather robust dead cow!

"How...how can there be cows here?" Gloria was stunned again; she had been surprised far too many times today.

With a smile, Cuttlefish borrowed the knife from the French fries and the blanket, scraped it, and went forward to perform "emergency" surgery on the cow.

“There is a huge ranch on the 9th floor, located outside the core area.”

Jiang Heyi had originally planned to take a short rest after killing Gorcalon.

Therefore, I only brought enough dry rations and food for one more day to make room for potions in my backpack.

He only planned four days for this operation.

On the first day, get to the entrance of the 10th floor as quickly as possible.

If all goes well, after a short rest, we'll spend another day dealing with Gorcalon.

One day's share is given to the Elemental Lord.

The final day is the origin element.

The next two days will most likely be filled with battles, so ideally everything should be resolved in 3 days.

The cow was undoubtedly beyond saving; it was stripped naked by the cuttlefish and broken into pieces.

The four primitives and fries naturally joined the food processing team. One used water elements for efficient cleaning, while the other used his hands as knives to perform a smooth and meticulous dissection, like a butcher carving up an ox, which was dazzling to watch.

Gloria was greatly amazed.

When adventuring in the wild, people generally don't take such meticulous precautions when dealing with sun showers.

If you're lucky enough to get such prey, you'll most likely bleed and skin it quickly, cut off large chunks of meat, and roast it with fire until it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside before sitting around and feasting.

Often, due to environmental constraints, the finished product may be burnt on the outside and raw on the inside; we've all experienced the struggle of eating raw meat and drinking blood.

Gloria had always maintained an elegant demeanor and refused to compromise.

Over time, everyone except Plata, who remained stubborn as an elf, preferring to gnaw on leaves rather than eat dog food, got used to it.

She found it hard to imagine that Jiang Heyi, who was saying that time was tight and that everything had to be resolved in only four days, was also "neglecting his duties" by preparing ingredients.

"We're doing life-or-death work, how can we manage without being well-fed?"

The Demon-Suppressing Giant Bear stroked its furry chin and nodded slightly.

"I can see that you are the kind of people who, even if you are about to die, will not compromise on your last meal."

As if by magic, Cuttlefish pulled several small leather bags from his backpack, containing carefully prepared spices and salt, as well as a small jar of sauce that looked very rich.

He waved smugly at his new friends, who were both familiar and unfamiliar: "Silly bear, you're right, we never compromise on this."

Even after traveling back in time for a life-or-death battle, all the potions in the world have to make room for this set of seasoning packets.

Plata was speechless: "You guys are really a bunch of weirdos..."

Vanassis, a gentleman, patted Plata's head and said, "Be polite. This is personality, just like ours. Don't forget how the outside world describes us."

Gloria thought of a detail.

"You weren't just here to save us, were you?"

Her words jolted the other Sunrain members back to their senses, and they all came to their senses.

Indeed, if the purpose of the boundary between the virtual and real worlds was merely to save the Sunrain Squad, then now that they had met and been informed of the future crisis, they could simply take them back the way they came and head to the safe world a hundred years from now.

But instead, they stayed here to rest and even discussed deeper goals.

“I need the special materials dropped by the ‘Origin Element’ core,” Jiang Heyi frankly admitted, poking at the campfire with a twig, the firelight flickering on his calm face. “That thing is crucial to me, or rather, to our future plans.” In truth, Jiang Heyi wasn’t entirely sure whether defeating it at this point would guarantee the materials would drop as expected.

There were no precedents to follow; this was a gamble.

"Also, I need to rescue Elsa."

Not only had Sunrain assisted them, but Jiang Heyi would never forget that it was Elsa who entrusted the temple to the boundary between the real and the virtual, making it their unbreakable guild stronghold.

Historically, Elsa never returned to the temple after she left.

She spent her entire life trying to condense the shattered Clarity, but overwork took its toll and she could no longer fulfill her powerful summoning talent that allowed her to communicate with the Sovereign.

This shouldn't be happening...

This story is filled with far too many regrets.

It's filled with a sense of unease that players of the Stars of Proof game feel.

The influence of the Stars of Wisdom IP is astonishing, with numerous fan fiction works emerging.

I still remember in the past, many players learned about the subsequent development of the Clarity Ones through Easter eggs, and they couldn't let it go, so they personally wrote down the perfect ending in their hearts.

In countless parallel universes, writing the perfect endings they envision for each other is the romance of these writers.

Now, Jiang Heyi has an opportunity.

It's no longer about writing, but about creating a truly perfect ending with your own hands.

If you're going to do something, do it perfectly!

Even without rice, you can still feel full by eating meat.

The Sunrain team was speechless at the incredible culinary skills of the squid.

"Absolutely amazing" is almost the highest praise they could think of in their limited vocabulary.

Plata, the most "elegant" and pickiest eater in the group, ate with shining eyes.

That is to say, there must be enough meat and bones to go around; if there isn't enough, Gloria suspects she will slurp up the bones without regard for her image.

"Time was tight and the cooking time wasn't quite right; otherwise, the flavor would have been even richer."

The squid's speech didn't sound like human language.

Given the same materials, Sunrain would produce only pig feed.

Eating is the right thing to do, and Jiang Heyi is right.

The boundary between real and virtual is also correct!

A hot, delicious meal that tastes better than you can imagine feels like a comfort to your very soul.

Gloria even felt that, even though the identity at the boundary between reality and illusion was still shrouded in mystery, Sun Rain was like a puppy that had been stroked and was willing to temporarily put aside its doubts and be fooled for a while.

"What do we need to do now?"

Having eaten a third of the cow, the Demon-Suppressing Giant Bear, still grinding its teeth with a bone club, couldn't wait to stretch its muscles.

Jiang Heyi walked to the edge of the platform and looked into the distance.

The battle on the 9th floor continues, with the Overlord torturing the Eternal Night followers of this floor by slowly cutting them in half.

Judging from the light in the core area, nearly half of the Eternal Night followers have died.

"The timing is perfect," Jiang Heyi said calmly, withdrawing his gaze.

Upon hearing this, Gloria couldn't help but wonder if Jiang Heyi had a clock in his head.

The phrase "perfect timing," combined with the perfectly timed rest and meal, makes everything seem like a meticulously calculated script unfolding according to plan.

Even though they claimed to be from the future, their ability to control time with such precision still filled her with sincere admiration and a sense of awe that was hard to describe.

Jiang Heyi brought fries, while Gloria chose her chief strategist, Vanassis.

So far, everything that has happened within the Temple of the Clarity has been within his expectations.

There's no need for everyone to take action. As long as everything goes as Jiang Heyi predicted, everything on the 9th floor will soon come to an end.

Upon entering the core area, the puppet that landed through a spatial rift faced Jiang Heyi and the other three.

After a long while, they all looked away and wandered around the streets and alleys.

The objectives are clear: who deserves to die and who doesn't, which has been implanted into the puppet's code of conduct.

Witnessing firsthand the Eternal Night cultists being dragged to the street and tortured to death by puppets, Gloria suddenly felt that this ruler was also a person of character.

If you don't like the type he likes, execute him immediately.

Above the Trial Arena, a polyhedron floats silently.

On the ground, Freya, dressed in a silver-white dress and tightly bound by a belt, sat languidly on a "human chair" made of dolls.

Sensing the arrival of visitors, she kept her eyes fixed on the arena entrance, where her gaze met that of Jiang Heyi and his group.

Gloria was still admiring the graceful and charming young lady when, in an instant, her hair stood on end.

Freya appeared behind the four of them without warning, sniffing them like a puppy in confusion.

"The aura doesn't seem to belong to Eternal Night... nor have I found any similar characteristics to the Clarity Ones."

Freya poked her chin with her index finger: "You...you're not adventurers who wandered into this place by mistake, are you?"

She sighed and snapped her fingers.

The polyhedron in the sky then tore through space, forming a portal.

"Look, it leads directly to the outside world. This place isn't fun, let's get out of here."

The doll named Freya perfectly matches Jiang Heyi's description; she is a kind-hearted person.

Gloria and Vanassis looked at him expectantly, wondering what he would do next.

"Freya," Jiang Heyi said softly.

“Sigh…” Freya frowned instantly. “How do you know my name?”

"Your number in the Puppet Craftsman Group is 24. You were the only person to pass the puppet trial in the first batch of trials 300 years ago, and were ultimately chosen by Yulu."

Freya's eyes widened.

"you……"

"This time, you've received an order from the Overlord: seal off the 9th floor and purge the Eternal Night." Jiang Heyi said calmly, "The Overlord who issued the order..."

He leaned closer and murmured in a voice only Freya could hear.

If the jailer were here, he would definitely yell "Holy crap, that's it!"

The next second, Freya's throat tightened.

"You..." she had unconsciously switched to a respectful form of address.

Jiang Heyi gazed at her calmly.

"Freya, you are trapped in the wrong timeline. The real you has returned to the dawn."

"As the Sovereign's special envoy, I command you to gather the power of all nine levels and put it to our use."

Jiang Heyi had no intention of passing the level normally.

He's going to use cheat codes!
(End of this chapter)