Witch Redemption

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Volume 1: The Imperial Cage

Chapter 1 This is the fate of European dogs.

7:12 AM, December 24, 2036 AD.

In an old house on the outskirts of Fukagawa City, a tenant living in room 302 is chatting with members of a gaming guild group.

The tenant's name is Li Lan, a nearly 30-year-old shut-in who currently works as a business assistant at a small company nearby.

"Holy crap, what's going on tonight? There are so few people in the group chat?"

Li Lan frantically typed a few words into the chat box on her computer, then glanced at the Xiaomi 27S next to her.

The screen above shows several alluring anime-style female characters, each with a "Goddess Legend" logo on their head. The green progress bar below has only progressed 10%.

Less than a second after Li Lan posted, a guy nicknamed "Long-lived Lucky One" dropped a message in the chat box.

"Hey bro, it's Christmas Eve tonight, aren't you going out with your girlfriend?"

Then the group chat suddenly exploded.

"Women are more fun than games? I'm not stupid."

"That's it."

"I get annoyed just seeing women!"

"Here we go again, you bunch of gays, you're at it again."

Then came a bunch of philosophical images like "ASSWE CAN", "Banana Guy", and "Dark and Profound Fantasy", which these silly netizens kept flooding the screen for a while.

Li Lan chuckled for a while, then flipped through the maintenance announcement for "Legend of the Goddess," looked at the update progress bar which was about 50 percent, and started typing on the screen.

"Stop with the meme wars, did you guys get any loot from today's update?"

The mobile game that Li Lan is currently playing is called "Goddess Legend," which is a game aimed at otaku. It has been open for more than two years but is still not very popular.

The game's world is roughly a fantasy world with a large number of goddesses. In order to fight against the invasion of extraterrestrial demons, a forbidden ritual is used to summon a hero from another world who can save the world.

The player takes on the role of the so-called "hero," who can harmonize the goddess's power and help her unleash her full combat potential.

To put it in a more old-fashioned way, the player is a "cleaner who can do splits in mid-air," responsible for harvesting crops and acting as a mascot.

He had barely spoken when, within seconds, the entire group of silly netizens erupted in righteous indignation.

"I messed up. All 3000 Holy Crystals I hoarded went to waste."

"Damn, how low is the drop rate? I didn't get anything even after forty pulls! Damn it, game planner!"

"I also had a bad experience, and I'm considering whether to spend more money on in-game purchases."

"Spend money! Sometimes, spending money isn't really spending it; it's about having someone by your side in another way."

But I really don't have any money!

"No money and can't do women's clothes? Sell your body and you'll get as much as you want."

"Get lost, I'm just a fat otaku!"

"@The lucky one with an extremely long lifespan, how much are you going to spend this time? The next rerun of the Star Goddess Gaia won't be for another year, so hurry up and seize the opportunity."

……

Seeing that long string of information, Li Lan was stunned. The current "Goddess Legend" card draw event was actually a rerun of last year's "Star Goddess" event. The card's strength was actually just average, and its only advantage was that it looked good.

It's said that the drop rate was quite high when this event started last year, so why is no one getting it this year?

"There's definitely something wrong with this event. A 5% chance of winning is definitely fake. There are tons of people on Tieba, Weibo, and forums who can't win either."

"Yeah, it's a bit unusual. Normally there should be a lot of seals out sunbathing at this time, but it's really strange now."

"Really? It's been over an hour since maintenance ended, and no one has gotten it yet?"

"I don't know, you can check it out on Tieba."

"Holy crap! It's true, not a single person is showing off their sun!"

"Everyone's planning XXX, thank goodness I didn't spend any money @Long-lived Lucky Player, where are the lucky whales? How much did you spend this time?"

Um, the probability is five percent, and then a lot of people didn't get it?

Li Lan felt a little weak just looking at it. He was incredibly unlucky during the last "Goddess of Stars" event and completely "missed" it.

He did have a strong urge to spend money on this rerun event, since he had more than 2,000 Holy Crystals in his account and his monthly salary budget could allow him to spend another 1,000 RMB.

Unfortunately, for low-spending players, the most unbearable thing is spending money only to have it go down the drain, since the money is hard-earned.

After feeling down for a while, Li Lan came to terms with it. Since he was basically getting something for free anyway, he decided to test the waters with two thousand Saint Crystals first.

While deep in thought, Li Lan successfully entered the game and started scrolling to the "Goddess Summoning" event interface.

At this moment, the "Long-lived Lucky Player" who had been lurking on the computer screen for a while also started to reply: "I just finished updating, and I have 50,000 Holy Crystals in my account. I don't know if that's enough."

"Ah, it's the boss, I'm dead!"

"The trenches pierce the sky!"

"Is Ou Huanghao's family mining?"

"Looking for a sugar daddy/sugar baby!"

……

Li Lan made an envious sound, then looked at her phone and directly clicked on the single-draw summon.

"Two thousand Saint Quartz, enough for two 10-pulls and one single pull. I'll try the single pull first."

A miracle happened with a single pull!

Every time he draws a prize, he exudes an inexplicable confidence, an inexplicable arrogance, and a crazy, relentless drive that makes Li Lan forget who she is.

This is what is known as "gambling," and when it gets out of control, it can lead to financial ruin.

When Li Lan's finger touched the "magic book" summoning icon on the screen, which symbolized turning pages, a sense of pleasure surged through him, making his heart race.

Then my fingertips nervously swiped across the screen, and my heart nearly jumped into my throat.

"The page has turned! The page has turned!"

Gold! It's gold!

Holy crap! The Golden Legend!

"Holy crap! I got pregnant on the first try! I'm pregnant!"

Overwhelmed with unprecedented excitement, Li Lan almost jumped up. He felt as if the whole world was receding into the distance, becoming utterly silent, as if the only thing left in the world was the cell phone in his hand.

"Show off! Show off your damn sun!"

These damn idiots in the group always just show off their stuff, but today the tables have turned and it's finally my turn!

With both hands frantically taking screenshots, sending them to the QQ group, and then returning to the game to admire the Star Goddess card art, Li Lan seemed to already foresee the 24-hour ban package that was about to begin.

Just as he posted the picture, "Long-lived Lucky Guy" also posted a picture of getting a 10-pull pull.

"Who said this thing is hard to get? I got it in just one 10-pull. I thought it would be much harder."

"Hey, Chief, you got a good item too? That's a miracle! You always seem to have all sorts of bad luck before."

"Great Chief of Africa," was Li Lan's QQ nickname, and he immediately typed out a message excitedly.

"Yes, I got it from a single pull. I didn't expect it either."

"Holy crap, they're even luckier than me!"

"Hahaha, look at these tempting breasts, I love them..."

Li Lan made a sound like a shut-in, and just like that, the two lewd and silly netizens began to comment on "Star Goddess Gaixinya".

"Strange, why are we the only two talking?"

Li Lan suddenly realized that something was wrong. In the past, at this time, there would definitely be a lot of people tagging the administrator, exchanging memes and cursing, and then various forms of VIP ban packages. How could it be like this now?

Why has this group suddenly become so quiet?

"The lucky ones have extremely long lifespans" also replied, "Yeah, what's going on?"

"Wait, why are everyone else's profile pictures grayed out? Only you and I are online? Is there something wrong with the network?"

The two remained silent for a while, their initial joy at the shipment extinguished by the sudden and bizarre turn of events.

Li Lan hurriedly checked the network connection, only to find that the network connection had been interrupted and no web pages could be opened.

"What?"

What's going on? The network connection is interrupted, but I'm still online on QQ? What's going on?

Li Lan felt a little uneasy, so she picked up her Xiaomi 27S and decided to call the landlord to ask what was going on.

No matter how many virtual buttons he pressed, he couldn't return to the home screen; the phone remained stuck on the card-drawing interface.

Within the golden border, the beautiful figure of "Star Goddess Gaia" lying asleep on her back filled Li Lan with a strange sense of fear.

"No! No! It's too quiet!"

Looking out the window, it was pitch black, without a single light, and the faint sounds of vehicles had vanished.

A whole host of supernatural stories that Li Lan had read long ago began to flood her mind. The unknown situation made her legs feel weak, and her hands, which were resting on the keyboard, even trembled slightly.

In this situation, he didn't dare to open the door to check the situation outside.

In her nervousness, Li Lan typed out a few words on the keyboard in fits and starts, her hands trembling as she sent them out.

"Hey lucky whale, what's going on your end?"